No animal can live for such a long time without water! Even camels can�t.
I don�t know how long they can survive without drinking but each pet-owner
simply has to provide everything necessary for his/ her pets� survival and
he simply IS NOT ALLOWED TO "forget" to fill up the water bottle. The
animals living in cages or tanks can�t get out and look for their food and
drink for themselves. It�s better to change and fill up the water everyday
even if your gerbils haven�t touched it. You can�t be there to observe them
the whole day and you possibly don�t know how much and how often they drink,
but you HAVE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING TO DRINK.
You could perhaps give them more fruit and they would not actually drink as
much as before, but they have to drink.
I�m sure you�re talking about me by "I got a rude comment from someone on
here" but it�s just my opinion. I don�t know you, but I have read some
messages written by you and I can�t but saying it�s terrifying that so many
of your animals have died while they were under your attention. And anybody
would argue that it�s simply not their fault but yours. You have to care for
them and learn anything possible about how to handle, feed, breed etc. them:
READ BOOKS and so on!
I don�t mean it agressively but helpfully.
Bye, Claudia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Field Clan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: Please read.
> Hi all,
> i got a rude comment from someone on here, they were sayin kill my
pets
> unaccidently, I am not going to give you the sn but they said gerbils live
> for 6 months without water . Is this true? : GERBILS LIVE FOR 6 MONTHS
> WITHOUT WATER
>
> Lisa
>
