Susanne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>Mine all did that, too.
>I think they get moisture like that, before they learn to
>drink from the water bottle.
Yes, that is one way of pups, and even adults, drinking if they cannot
get to water any other way.
With adults though, saliva tasting is usually part of the introduction
ritual. Gerbils can communicate quite a bit through the lipids in their
saliva, including their dominance status.
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Julian
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