You're lucky she accepted a younger male so easily. This isn't the norm. Secondly, unless you're meaning to breed, I would find another cage mate for her.
And thirdly, if this is happened with the introductions just being made, then she is probably a submissive gerbil, and she's just getting used to another gerbil in her tank. Give them a week or so, and they should be just dandy. And I must stress, unless you really want the responsibility of breeding gerbils (they can have a LOT of babies in their life time), finding another same sex mate for your female. Or finding a castrated male. :) -Jackie and The Copper Dragon Clan >We just rescued a gerbil who is a one and a half year old female. After >reading up on them, we found that she may want a roommate. We picked up a >male that is probably 4 months old or so. They don't fight, but when he is >in the same part of the "condo", she hides in her wheel or somewhere else. >They groom each other with him on the outside and her in, but I want to know >if she is scared or just shy. Any help will be appreciated. > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
