Darren Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I have a young gerbil female who i tried to keep with another male and
>female
>(who are a newly introduced pair also). She is fine with male but not
>female,
>I have tried split cage method for a few days and still no luck, she is still
>aggresive, the other female is docile. Thinking she probably will always
>be
>like this towards females i decided to get a mate for her so she is not
>alone. She attaacked the male even more viciously (he is a little smaller).
>Will she be destined to a solitary life or is there any way i can get her to
>accept a mate?
Try the split cage, using one male to one female. If you want to breed
two females with one male is not the optimum strategy.
If you do not want o breed from her, then find another female of the
same age and introduce using the split cage.
--
Julian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
