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> From: Michelle Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: gerb mom ???s HELP??
> Date: 05 February 2001 05:07
>
> > In a message dated 2/4/01 5:09:02 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > > BTW Gerbils are not preyed on by cats in the wild and proximity to a
> > cat > will not scare them in the slightest. The downside of this is
> > that many > gerbils end up as cat food because they do not have this
> > fear.
>
> When we had gerbils in wire cages, once -- Loper -- tried to fight one of
> our ferrets through the bars. He got his lip ripped open for his
> trouble. Had to go to the vet and get it sewn up.
>
> Michelle
> Flutist
Yes. That's our "clawed little warriors" (Meriones unguiculatus) for you.
Not worried to take on anything. Mine meet their match in the degus who
don't retaliate but stand their ground and shriek loudly and continuously
in the way that only degus can do.
Cheers
Sue
