The original message said that there was 1 female, 1 male and another
believed to be female.
<snip from original message>
they have been named by various members of the household as:
> blanche = ivory cream female
> bob = (the builder, for totally obvious reasons) burmese? male
> shy = a slate/burmese? looking female(at least I believe her to be
female)
Jill
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> From: The Little Rascals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: trying again
> Date: Monday, January 15, 2001 5:27 PM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 2:36 PM
> Subject: Re: trying again
>
>
> > If your intention is to breed, you should limit your set up to 1
> > male-1female pairs only. When the females breeding cycles get out of
sync
> > and one has pups while the other doesn't, the gerbil without pups is
> > likely to kill the other mother's pups. Gerbil colonies should have
only
> > one breeding female, as females are the dominant sex of the species.
> > Jill
> >
> >
> I think the setup was with two males and one female, but I still agree it
> should be one & one. Too much potential for the males to fight over the
> female. It's a better situation than two females and one male, but I
still
> wouldn't risk it.
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