Hi Jessica,
I would have to say that you are doing everything right. It will just take
them some time. Some gerbils are easier to get together than others.
Remember, gerbils are a lot like people, they have to have a "get to know
one another period".
Evon
Jessica Roberts wrote:
> I recently bought two baby females and I had them for two days and one of
> them died!!
> I have to say that I didn't do anything to hurt it and I was devastated when
> I found that it had died, I think it had diorreha, and the poor little baby
> breathed its last breaths and died in my hand.
> I scrubbed the tank out and the lonely sister was left for a few days on her
> own.
> Yesterday I bought another Baby it is younger and more dumpy with a shorter
> tail than my other (Ori). they didn't get on for the first day and I spent a
> lot of time with them to get them used to each other on the sofa and with a
> cage partition. the two babes now tolerate each other but they don't really
> talk or sleep together at all, in fact they keep to separate ends of the
> cage, the older one choosing the better warmer end. Will they continue not
> to be friends and hate each other or will they begin to be friends and sleep
> together??? I am concerned but they do seem to smell each other a lot and
> walk over each other??? will someone tell me what is going on here..its my
> first pair of gerbils... pther times I've had single ones
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Evon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re: All over the World
>
> > I went to the site and it's the NGS site. I didn't see the map. Did I
> miss
> > something or what?
> > Evon
> >
> > Julian and Jackie wrote:
> >
> > > I am just awaiting clarification from one or two people before the map
> > > is finalised. I have about 80 responses. I would like a few more if
> > > possible. Bill has pointed out that the following countries are
> > > indicated by the list of e-mail addresses subscribed to this list. There
> > > is an asterix next to those countries that have yet to be represented on
> > > the map.
> > >
> > > Austria
> > > * Brazil
> > > Canada
> > > Finland
> > > Germany
> > > Great Britain
> > > * Ireland
> > > * Malaysia
> > > Netherlands
> > > * Peru
> > > Portugal
> > > * Slovakia
> > > Sweden
> > > USA
> > >
> > > Whilst I would particularly like to hear from people in Slovakia,
> > > Ireland, Malaysia and Peru, I am willing to add any other new points to
> > > the map.
> > >
> > > The latest version of the map can be viewed at http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
> > > gmlmap.gif
> > >
> > > --
> > > Julian
> > >
> > > ************************************************************************
> > > * Jackie and Julian *
> > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
> > > * National Gerbil Society *
> > > * http://www.gerbils.co.uk/ *
> > > ************************************************************************
> >
