george champlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Today i took all three of my Gerbils to the vet for a
>check up and he informed me that one of the three is a
>male. He said to avoid unwanted babies i should take
>the male out and give him a cae of his own. When i
>asked that gerbils should be in pairs he said only for
>females not males is this true?
Only if you read veterinary books. The gerbil husbandry section of
veterinary manuals is always wrong.
> Also my odd hamster
>Lucky Tripod is eating the vet showed me food in his
>pouch and he informed me that the three legs was not a
>birth defect but a amputation. And the odd part was he
>showed me holes in each ear that he said waas put
>there by human hands like some kind of marking. Anyone
>know why?
There are lots of reasons why a hamster may be marked. Ear clipping is
often used in laboratories.
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Julian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
