Re: 100's of gerbils & gerbil shortage

[Sarah Conte]

In the spirit of this thread (or at least where this thread started), I was in my local PetSmart, and noticed that they had no gerbils.  I was talking to a macaw, and overheard one of the clerks on the phone.  I heard him say "No, sorry, there's a nationwide shortage of gerbils right now."   When he got off the phone, I told him that I'm a breeder.  He jokingly told me that if I were to set up a little "gerbil stand" outside the shop, I could likely get $10 a piece for 'em :)  He then went on to say that it was likely that the manager would throw me out, if I tried it, but. . . (hey, it's all a joke, I'm not about to set up and sell gerbils outside of PetSmart, so if you flame me, I'll ignore it :) By the way, going further off-topic, I am a vegetarian, but I haven't major moral issues about meat, I just don't like it and feel that humans aren't really intended to eat meat for various scientific reasons.   Sarah