Hi everybody,
What is Carefresh? I live in Alberta, Canada, and haven't seen anything
with that name. Just pine, aspen, corncob, cedar, and mixes of these.
Also, I'm not breeding my gerbils, but is interested for the future when I
have more experience. From your emails, I've gathered that gerbils mate for
life. Yet it sounds like many of you seem to bring a pair together just to
mate, then they're separated again? Or am I misunderstanding? If the mated
pair is actually kept together after being mated, what happens to their
original cagemates? And if a mated pair produces an average of 7 litters
(correct?) during their lifetimes, what do you do with that many gerbils? I
can't keep that many in my house. How do you find new homes for them? Most
of my friends are either allergic, scared of rodents, live in places with no
pets allowed, or can't afford pets. I've tried to look up local breeders,
but the pet stores won't give them out, and the vets don't keep lists.
In fact, are there anyone on this mailing list who lives in Canada (dare I
ask Alberta, even around Edmonton?) I'd love to take some new pups
(thinking first week of August 2001), but you're all in the US so far...
Thanks,
Amy
