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Post by clover on Oct 27, 2003 2:27:38 GMT -5
Just want to post up 2 pics of my gerbil family. These are funny, that's why I post them. Never post the rest. Haha. They are all squashed inside the porcelain bowl.
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Post by animosity on Oct 27, 2003 10:43:37 GMT -5
how diff is it from rearing camps,ww,robo etc? i mean like temperament wise. living condition wise personality wise etc? haha i like gerbils they have a very like eye half close look like..something like (-_-) liddat.. i prefer normal type over fat tails i think
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Post by Juwel on Oct 27, 2003 10:48:32 GMT -5
Clover > you got a big gerbil family there! Yah I've never reared gerbils b4..... how different are they from hamsters? I don't suppose they have a cheek pouch Are they also nocturnal? Run on wheels.......? Do they fight?
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Post by ghost on Oct 27, 2003 12:18:23 GMT -5
hey!me wants to know the answers too.....i think there isn't much different between gerbils & hamsters tho.....jus that their tails are longer,some are fatter....hmm....think my answers are pretty lame lei,hahaha.....
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Post by bubblesbiscuit on Oct 27, 2003 12:48:47 GMT -5
issit? I thot gerbils are quite different from hammies..they can b pretty territorial n are rather fierce,can give fierce nips.. i dun like animals with long tails.....phobia leh
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Post by puppy on Oct 27, 2003 14:37:23 GMT -5
i find that gerbils are more loving than hamsters, as in, they'll sleep together, on top of each other. they dun make noise, wont squeak. hahaha... but they are very jumpy. i dun think they'll bite but they like to bite wood and plastic. that's what i realised. but overall they are very nice and loving pets, i feel.
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Post by geraldo on Oct 27, 2003 16:28:26 GMT -5
issit? I thot gerbils are quite different from hammies..they can b pretty territorial n are rather fierce,can give fierce nips.. i dun like animals with long tails.....phobia leh ME TOO ! ............
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Post by clover on Oct 27, 2003 17:32:13 GMT -5
Gerbils are not fierce at all. In fact, they dun bite. Hamsters are more likely to bite than gerbils, and I'm talking abt tame syrians here. I keep both, so I know. I've never been bitten by a mongolian gerbil before. Not even nipped. Gerbils who are tamed from young and handled very often, are not jumpy. My most tame pair, DancingBear and Tiramisu, are like that. I can hold them for quite a while, and they'll let me pat them and stroke them. But the babies that I have now, are not tamed by me. I dun have the time to handle them everyday. As for living conditions, absolutely no plastic toys allowed. You're wasting your money anyway, cos it'll disappear overnight. They are very effective plastic destroyers. They are very active animals, but not aggressive at all. Their eyes are like that now, cos they're being disturbed from their sleep ma. Hahaha... Yes, I got big gerbil families. Imagine, 5 tanks, and all are like that. Each have 1 big family. Gerbils dun have cheek pouches. They are nocturnal, but they also wake up occasionally in the daytime, so I suppose you can say they are awake both times. Yes they do run on wheels cos they are very active. Unknown adult gerbils will fight. Babies tend to get along well, but once they reach teenage, they'll probably fight with a stranger. It depends on how you pair them up, and on luck. Sometimes, you're unlucky, you just get a weird gerbil who's a loner. But it's rare. But adults are territorial. I've heard that it's possible to keep them in a breeding colony, but only if you have a huge space for them. Else it wldn't work out, cos each breeding pair needs a certain amt of space. Pls dun be mistaken. There is alot of difference between hamsters and gerbils. Dun be misled. I keep both animals, so I can assure you all that they are really very different pets. And pls, they can't be kept together okie? I had a joker ask me that question. Gerbils are not fierce, okie? Must repeat this. Hahaha. People have misconceptions.
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Post by ghost on Oct 27, 2003 22:55:12 GMT -5
Pls dun be mistaken. There is alot of difference between hamsters and gerbils. Dun be misled. huh?i seen so much smilarity,u say there is a lot of difference?? Basically don't see much difference between gerbils & Hamsters.....
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Post by clover on Oct 27, 2003 22:59:20 GMT -5
Umm, ghost, what are their similarities? lolz You tell me la, then we can discuss right? I find them totally different, in terms of nature and character. Their actions and social life also. In terms of the food they eat, ok, same kind. lolz
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Post by animosity on Oct 27, 2003 23:56:52 GMT -5
hmmm why do mongoalian gerbils can take in commercial mix while the fat tails cant? is it advisable for them to run on wheels? i like them leh. very inquisitive yet look very lazy like that. in pet shops always see them (-_-) and look at ppl.. haha... so a male male or female female pairing muz be iniated when young lar. or it wont work out? any good sites to recommend for gerbils? i think i saw argente gerbils at a petshop bfor.(are there argente gerbils?) i presume lar. bcos i not very good wif them. saw red eyes and light shade of cream brown liddat. i tink i also saw some lilac color type. (ok im using campbells colors to describe them hor.) can they be potty trained?
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Post by bubblesbiscuit on Oct 28, 2003 2:04:08 GMT -5
okok...repeat after me.....gerbils are not fierce.gerbils are not fierce....gerbils are not fierce... i think cos i saw a fren's gerbil before n it bit me like siao like tt....everytime stretch in hand only it bites...his must have been the exception then!
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Post by clover on Oct 29, 2003 3:17:07 GMT -5
Both mongolian gerbils and duprasi can eat hamster mix. They can both run on wheels, but mongolians must watch their long tail. It's better to let them run on wheels with no grills or holes. Duprasi are more clumsy. They can run on a wheel, but not very quickly. Plus they are quite fat, so must find them a wide wheel, else maybe they'll fall off. Wahaha. Generally, all gerbils shld be paired when young, the gender doesn't matter. Cos once, I tried to pair an adult female with an adult male. It didn't work. They were peaceful for a few months, but later on, the male nearly killed the female. She in turn became aggressive. I had to separate them. She was 6 mths old when I bought her. I learnt later on that she had already become attached to her cagemate, and she wldn't live in peace with anyone else. The same goes for the male. A slow introduction can work, but you still need to monitor the pair. It take alot of effort, so I dun do slow intros for gerbils now. The best is to use a secure split cage method. But the barrier has to be very secure, or they'll tear it down and attack each other. The colour you saw, is it the same colour as the creamy gerbil you see in my pics? If it yes, then it's golden argente or cinnamon. If it's an even lighter shade of cream, then it's most probably beige. Lilac gerbils are a very dark purple grey colour. I have a dove male (light silver grey), which gives me lilac and sapphire (medium purple grey) pups when I breed him to a black female. I haven't tried toilet training gerbils, so I dunno if it's possible. lolz But then, gerbils pee very little. Each one only pees a few drops a day. There's a good site to see the colours of gerbils. Search on the internet for the 'Gerbil Color Palette'. It's quite comprehensive.
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Post by ghost on Oct 29, 2003 11:19:09 GMT -5
Hmm.....now this question comes to my mind...is gerbils actually allowed in Singapore?? the way i see it,it like some sort of an exotics lei.....
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Post by clover on Oct 29, 2003 17:38:03 GMT -5
Mongolian gerbils are not considered an exotic animal in sg, but I suspect fat tail gerbils are.
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