If you would like to
breed gerbils then I have a few comments that I would like to say you
(I really wish I had someone
who said these
things to me before we started to breed them)
1) Gerbils are so
cute and loveable.....but they get REALLY expensive REALLY fast! We have a bit
of luck that the
owner of the pet
store that we frequent gives us really good deals on food and everything else he
carries that we can use
for the babies. For
6 gerbils we are averaging around 60 bucks (canadian) a month (for cages, new
cages if one of us accidently
breaks a
cage...which has happened, food, treats, a gerbil breeders first aid kit, a
regular gerbil first aid kit and anything and
everything else that
comes up)
2) Vets are also
expensive......and in smaller towns I have met ppl on here that know more then
the vets here
3) It is HARD to
find good homes for gerbils (and if you are going to breed then you have to find
a GOOD home for them...and
pet stores are
seldom* to be seen as a good home)
4) It is heart
breaking to see the babies grow up and leave
Just a few things to
think about.....plus I dont recomend that ppl breed any animal till they are
experienced with the animal
Just my 2 cents
worth
BTW Congrats on your
two cuties :) (and EVERY gerbil is a cutie)
Heather &
Aaron
Foxy &
Jaws
Molly &
Donte
Skittles &
Hoppy
*note- I say seldom
because most pet stores have no clue what they are doing with gerbils....our
babies came from a pet store
where the owner told
us that cedar was perfectly fine for them, she picked them up by the end of
their tails, has told ppl that
gerbil treats work
great as their regular diet, and sells gerbils that are VERY afraid of ppl (it
has taken 2 months to get the older ones
used to me and my
boyfriend. But the pet store that we frequent knows VERY much about gerbils, has
given us much information,
and when we brought
the 2 babies we had been unable to find homes for and had no room for them at
the time, he was very good about moving
them, gave them a
large aquarium (a 20 gallon), and has spent time with them every day he is there
(which is every day except
sundays) And gets to
know any person well before he sells them the
gerbils........
I know this is a
sore spot to many ppl (gerbil breeders supplying pet stores) So i ask that if
you want to get mad at me then please
do it to me
privately.......I know it gets irritating seeing the fights on
here......
Thanks
Heather
-----Original Message-----Hi everyone! I just joined this mailing list. I recently bought two gerbils
From: Gerbil Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kamber Orr
Sent: July 27, 2001 8:50 PM
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from a pet store. I'm hopeing one is a male and the other is a female. One is
black (Stardust) and the other is brown(Snickers) and some of her/his fur has
black at the end. I really want to bred gerbils. I can't seem to get my mom
to let me though =( Any ideas on convicing her? lol, anyways i better get
offline!
-Kamber-
