Deborah DeMaere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>> hi,
>> One of my friends has seen a big gerbil in a pet store in France. This
>> gerbil is 3 X as a monolian gerbil. The vendor in the pet shop don't
>> know what is this... Perhaps a Shaw. But fhis gerbil is black!
>> Somebody know what is this? Julian? Karin?
>My first reaction was to suggest it was a degu, until you said it
>was black. I haven't seen a black degu as yet. Degus are small
>cousins to chinchillas but are most often described as "gerbils on
>steroids" :-)
>
>I am most curious to hear the verdict on what the animal is. Would
>the pet shop keeper let you take a snap of it to help identify it?
>
As Sue says, Degus are much, much darker than Mongolian Gerbils.
I have heard of black degu mutations in Belgium, as well grey ones in
Germany.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
