>From the pics, they both look like argente pieds to me :) Paige "Amber W." wrote: > I went out today with my mom in hopes of getting a little christmas shopping > done. Well, we made the mistake of stopping at the mall's pet > shop...anyway, I skipped right past the dogs (because just looking at them > in those cages makes me really sad), and went to look at the gerbils. I had > NO intentions of buying any, but I saw that one aquarium had a group of > little ones, and my heart just melted!!! There were two aquariums, > actually, and one of them held only one gerbil (let me tell you, I really > wish now I had bought that poor loner, because he must've been rather sad in > there by himself!)...anyway, it didn't take much convincing for dear old Mom > to let me get another pair, so now I've got a total of 6 gerbs! Not a lot > compared to a lot of you, I know, but I wanted to share the good news! ;) > > I now know why many of you say NOT to buy them from pet shops, > though...well, they're both perfectly friendly, but the pet shop workers > can't sex them at all (I can't talk, I'm not so good at it either, since > I've never had to try before, so if I email you all later on announcing a > pregnant gerbil, then you'll know why!)...one of the gerbs is so young that > Mom says it looks like his eyes have just opened really recently (he's all > squinty-eyed, but he doesn't look sick, and he's really active, just small). > Do any of you breeders know how old he might be? Anyway, if he was too > young to have been taken away from his mother, how should I go about taking > care of him? He eats the seeds and stuff from the dish, so I'm hoping he'll > be alright, but if there's anything else I should do..? The other gerb is a > little bit bigger, so I'm not worried so much about that one. > > Anyway, that's about it...except I'm wondering about the colors, now! The > Color Palette didn't help me with this pair like it helped with Chloe and > Cecilia, so I took some pictures with my borrowed digital camera to see if > the rest of you could help!! They aren't too great (because the camera > isn't really high quality), but you should get SOME idea of what they look > like...the small one is a brighter orangey color than the other one, which > is a paler, dusty brown-orange. > > http://www.geocities.com/pageofluff/gerbil2.jpg (This is the small guy) > http://www.geocities.com/pageofluff/gerbil4.jpg (I think this is the small > guy, too, but you can see the spot on top of his head better) > http://www.geocities.com/pageofluff/gerbil5.jpg (both of 'em, but the one > standing is the larger of the two) > > Anyway, if any of you can help me with telling what colors my new gerbs are, > I'd be REALLY grateful! :oD > > ~*~Amber~*~ > And... > Sirs William and Henry > Chloe and Cecilia > And the unnamed pair (whom I really wanna name Hamlet and Ophelia, hehe) > > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
