Hi Cinthia -- Sorry that she won't be able to become part of your clan, sounds like it would be an ideal gerbil home! As far as advertising...first it is a hobby so it "costs" me about 0$-$5 to place a gerbil. I run ads in the town papers: the pay-for paper, the free paper, and the want advertiser. The free paper I've gotten more response from. I say something like "Baby gerbils. Super tame, home-bred. Many colors. Pair and complete setup $25. Off Exit 6, <my phone #> I put together a complete 10 gallon setup for $22 and sell it and the gerbil pups for $25. Just two gerbil pups are $10/pair. The idea is to keep the prices higher than feeder food (rats here are $4.50). I would never give away a gerbil because that opens it up for abuse. I've also gotten response from my web site and the link to it from the AGS breeder list. I think posting pup pictures helps. I also have ads on town bulletin boards (but made the mistake of saying "gerbil pups" so a got a few calls about dogs -- even though there was a picture.) Sometimes I'll bring them "on the road" like to a church fair. And a woman who does exotic animal shows has a pair (and wants me to set up a boy tank, too) of a LCPA and argente cream spot. She gives me a free plug when the pair is part of the show. I want to get into the local schools, too. Also, I try to bring it up at opportune times. For example yesterday at Walmart a woman was looking into those plastic habitrails and overheard my daughter and I say "gerbils", she asked my advice about housing -- so I told her she could get a pair and a good setup through me and passed on my phone number to her. My final resort is a good pet store in the area. I provide only a same-sexed, nicely matched pair at a time, and make sure they place them together. (People like spots and colors). I place them through the pet store at 6 weeks when they are their absolute cutest, and take them back if they don't sell. But even with all this advertising, I breed and place just 1 to 3 pairs a month (I have one pair that only produces twins and sometimes have a second breeding pair). I'll put mom with a couple daughters or a son for a breeing break and never have trouble getting a breeding female back together with a male. Anyways, long answer to a short question, but I'm always looking for new ways to place gerbils in top homes, too. I absolutely love breeding them and as long as I can place them as I go, I'll keep it up. Donna ABC Gerbils www.abcgerbils.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
