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From: "Lisa Ann McEwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 12:27 AM
Subject: Another question about introductions
First off, Janine is just a little over two years
> old right now, and I'm wondering if she'd be better off with a youngster
> or with a gerbil her own age, assuming I could find one.
If shes been alone now since December, I would think she is best off alone.
A younder female may 'push' her around. Plus when Janine dies, then you'll
be in the same situation, a lone gerbil.
It is very difficult to introduce two older gerbils to each other.
Also, since I would
> imagine that Janine is now past breeding age, would a new male gerbil be
> easier for her to get along with than a new female?
hum, Good question. I have no idea about putting a male with her.
My primary
> concern is preventing Janine from being harassed in her old age by some
> young stranger.
Yes, that is something to be concerned about.
I don't want her to have to be alone, but I'd rather that
> than have her being pushed around and attacked, obviously, and the fact
> that she is at the troublesome two-year dominance shift mark has been
> causing me some extra worry. Any advice anyone can give on this
> situation would be much appreciated. Thanks!
>
> -Lisa
>
Ann-Marie L. Roberts
T&T Gerbils
Escanaba, MI
AGS member MI004
Please visit my website at:
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/
