We are sorry for your loss. Sounds like a recipe for disaster if you try to keep the remaining gerbies clanned. We once tried to clan a group, all 5-7wks old, with quite enough space. Once a fight broke out, that was it. There was no hope of any of the group getting along with any other member of the group. Fortunately, none died as a result of the attempt. However, they did sustain injuries: one has a broken toe, another is missing a small part of the tip of it's tail. We would strongly suggest NOT leaving them together. Good luck! -- ron & traci things-that-squeak
> From: Diana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Diana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:03:19 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Fighting girls > > Until recently I had what seemed to be a fairly well bonded clan of > girls--three sisters (nearly identical agoutis) who had been together since > birth. They slept > together, ran in the wheel together, everything seemed fine. We returned from > the movies one night to discover two gerbils and the remains of a third. We > decided to clean the cage and then put the two remaining girls back together. > They bulit a nest and went to sleep and in fact were fine until the next time > I > changed the bedding in the tank. Shortly after returning them to the clean > tank, the fatter sister started chasing the smaller sister around and seemed > to be trying > to bite her. We divided the cage and have left them in split cage for almost > a week now, switching sides every night. Is there any hope for these girls? > Are they > doomed to a separate existence for the remainder of their lives? They aren't > quite a year old yet. > > Diana
