In a message dated 07/28/2000 10:06:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I got a call today from the mother of the girls who have my dove-black
pair. One of the girls had a bad bite from the dove female. This
gerbil has been handled often and from a week of age. She has always
been very friendly. This afternoon she bit one of the girls and hung-on
so that the girl had to remove her from her hand.
I felt very bad about all of this (and offered to take this gerbil
back). I am wondering if late pregnacy could make a gerbil do this out
of the blue (she's due any day now). I couldn't think of any other
possible explanation. I know there was an informative thread about
gerbil bites a while ago, but this did not seem to fit into any of the
common reasons for getting gerbil bit.
>>
Well, Im not sure, but when a gerbil is very pregnant a lot of the time they
don't want the males around, but you have a FEMALE in the tank. Females are
more dominant then the males, and she might have felt threatened by the other
female. I am not SURE about it, but that's what *might* have happened.
~~~( 3:> Mary <:3 )~~~
