Nicole Eijkenboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Hi,
>
>I posted this question the 13th of august, but I think that my provider lost
>the message, so I post my question again.
>Nicole
>
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>
>I just wondered if some of you could tell me something about licking sand.
>I noticed that one my two gerbils (young ones, 2-3 months of age) do this
>occasionally. A friend of me never so it with her adult ones.
>Yesterday I got an email from her. She saw her new young ones in a tank ( a
>group from 9) licking sand too.
>
>Does anybody know why they do this?
>All her pups and mine too come from the same shelter. Mine are both male,
>hers are all female.
>
>Is this normal behavior a lack of something (nutrients?)
>
>Thanks in advance, Nicole
Young gerbils seem to lick and chew on almost anything. It may be they
can taste something like salt, or it may be simple experimentation.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
