Arabelle Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>I am familiar with the technique of introducing 2 gerbils but I have also
>read that once two gerbils have fought as badly as this they will never be
>reconciled, so my question to listmembers is this. Do you consider it is
>worth me trying to introduce them again to one another? I have not tried
>since the day I bought the second gerbil, almost a year ago. They both have
>large multilevel cages, and both have access to a large run and many toys
>every day. If I attempt to reintroduce them it will mean confinement to a
>much smaller space, maybe for as long as a week, and I don't want to cause
>them undue stress.
>
>I would be most grateful for any advice listmembers can offer.
My experience is that gerbils do not find a small space stressful. If
anything, as burrowing animals they find it comforting.
It will be far more stressful in the long term for them to be alone
anyway. Whilst it is harder to introduce gerbils that have fought. it is
not impossible using the split cage method at:
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/intro.htm
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Julian
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