> Hi!
> I have 2 gerbils and a rabbit and I'm thinking of getting a ferret.
> Does anyone have any advice to give me?
hehe,, sounds like you need more gerbils to me!
>
> My gerbils are both female and I are 5 months old. A couple of weeks ago
one
> of them tried to mount the other. Is this normal? I have been watching
them
> since and I have never seen this happen again. They wern't in their cage
> when it happened. I was just wondering if it's usual?
This is normal. What they are doing is marking each other with their scent
glands that are located on their stomachs. When they were out of their cage
they may have been picking up strange smells and thought is was necessary to
mark eachother.
>
> Thanks,
> Christina
Ann-Marie Roberts
Secretary for the American Gerbil Society
http://www.geocities.com/amergerbsoc/index.html
T&T Gerbils
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/index.html
