GemStar L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I've heard mention using gloves to separate gerbils
>who are fighting ( I haven't had this problem yet,
>thank Heavens but doesn't hurt to be ready, eh?) and I
>wondered what kind of gloves woul work? would regular
>garden gloves work okay? I need to know so I can get
>a pair when I pick up the new cages in case the boys
>decide they don't like each other.
>
I would suspect that any gloves thick enough to be gnasher proof would
be too stiff to grip gerbils properly. If I saw gerbils fighting I would
not spend time getting on a pair of gloves. If I was watching a pair on
introduction I would separate them before the fighting got so bad.
I have only been bitten twice when separating gerbils. Once was the
first time I saw two gerbils fight on introduction (pre split cage), the
second time was when I noticed two females that had lived together for
some time were fighting. Although I bled, neither was that painful. In
my opinion, the smaller teeth of mice hurt much more! having seen
hamster and rat teeth I just don't want to take them on!
--
Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
