A friend who exhibits exotic animals for a living has
bushy tailed jird. She says they are alot like
gerbils, except they are more active and do back
flips. The whole tail is bushy. If I wanted to go
outside of gerbils, that is what I'd try. (Although
I'm pretty addicted to the gerbils for now!)
Donna
ABC Gerbils
www.abcgerbils.com
--- Cindy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have two chinchillas and think they are loads of
> fun. They have to
> have a dust bath every couple of days which can get
> messy, but does
> not have to. I get a high quality feed (Maxuri) from
> the local feed
> store and mix it with Calf Manna (also at the feed
> store). They are
> very social (although I got them young and spent
> lots of time with
> them) and will chirp when you go to their cage. They
> love raisins
> (one a day) and really get into routine. I feed and
> water all the
> gerbies and then get each one out separately (I have
> two boys in
> separate cages) and pet them, give them their raisin
> and let them
> hop/run around for a while. While they are out, they
> poop everywhere
> like the gerbils do, but it is easy to clean up.
> They are a bit
> expensive originally ($100 and up) but can live up
> to 15 years. There
> are lots of websites out there and breeders that
> offer high quality
> ones and other colors besides the standard grey. I
> would probably shy
> away from chain petstores except for getting the
> cage there. If you
> want more info, email me privately, so the whole
> list doesn't have to
> read all about this :)
>
> Cindy
> --
>
>
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>
> Red Desert Rodent's
> **The Anasazi Clan**
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