As far as clanning gerbils -- Never have more than one breeding female in a clan -- it is a recipe for diaster.
- You can keep two females together. - I've had good luck with female trios (given you have a gerbil-gentle line and the females are sisters or mother-daughters) - You can keep a breeding pair together - You can keep a male clan of 2, 3, 4, 5 together if introduced all at once as pups (I've not gone higher than 5) When one of your gerbils dies if it is a friendly male he may accept a male pup pair. Females are harder to re-clan unless you put her in with a male, but then you might get a litter or few even if she's old. Well that's my experience of two years of gerbil keeping Donna ABC Gerbils www.abcgerbils.com --- The Jeu-jeu Gerbils <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm a little confused and hope someone can > straighten this out for me. > > I was under the impression that gerbil pairs (same > or opposite sex) are the best > set-ups per cage. However, I got to thinking that > in the future, one is sure to > leave ahead of the other. Then what'll happen to > the one left behind if it's not a > loner? By that time it'll be fairly old, and isn't > that a problem when it comes to > introducing a new gerbil? How should that be > solved? > > On the other hand, I've been reading about some > set-ups where trios (same sex) get > along fine. Currently I have two males together, an > 8 months-old and a 4 > months-old. They get along fabulously. To avoid > eventually one being left alone > down the road, should I try to introduce a third > gerbil to the cage now? If so, > should it be a baby (i.e. 6 weeks-old or so)? How > should the introduction be done? > What are the chances of acceptance? > > Following that, if the trio intro works out, then > down the road two will be left. > At which time another new gerbil should be > introduced to keep the pattern going. > However, by then the two gerbils still alive will be > well advanced in age... will > they still accept a new gerbil? > > Thanks, > > Amy > The Jeu-jeu Gerbils > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com
