In message <001201c020be$65d05100$73fba73f@c0u9h1>, Bill & Fran Hall
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>Why would, for no reason a gerbil kill there cage mate? I have males on one
>side and females on the other sides of the room. there was no fighting that
>I saw. They where napping together when I went to bed.?
>~*~Fran~*~
Unfortunately it sometimes happens. It has nothing to do with the
presence of the other sex. Sometimes gerbils will fall out over
dominance. Probably, if the gerbils are older, because the dominate
gerbil is no longer able to stay dominant.
--
Julian Barker