"Linda M. Reilly" wrote:
>
> I accidently found a way that has made introducing some of my gerbils a
> bit easier. I was with my other Gerbil-breeding friends and we had
> gotten a couple of new breeders and were dreading the ordeal. Since we
> were working together, we were shifting them from tank to tank and cage
> to cage, and found that by putting the new pairs in cages that had
> actually belonged to gerbils not part of the pair the meeting went much
> easier than expected.
>
> I can only think that since the cage was "hostile" territory to both of
> them, they didn't feel like anyone was envroaching on "their" space.
>
> I'm curious to know if anyone else has had this experience?
>
> Linda
>
Because of the last sentence, I'm assuming Linda meant to
send this to the list, not just me. If not I apologize! I
always wash out a tank thoroughly before beginning an
introduction. Maybe if I ever get up the courage to try
again I will try a completely different tank.
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