Here's a site that explains how to tell:
http://www.rodent.demon.co.uk/gerbils/gender.htm
Diana Releen
>From: Christine Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Christine Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: new to the list
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 08:04:06 -0400
>
>Good morning. I am new to this list and have been working through some
>difficulties with the hlep of Ann-Marie.
>
>This is our gerbil history. We had two young gerbils, speedy and
>butterscotch. A few weeks ago, butterscotch snuck out of the cage and the
>cat played with her. We had a lovely funeral in the garden where we buried
>other pets like fish and the frog. Of course, not wanting speedy to get
>lonely, we set out to the pet store to get a new gerbil and ended up with
>three very young females (felix, crystal, snowflake). We kept them separate
>from speedy and swapped them out with her in the habitat to ge tthe scent
>al
>over. Speedy was lonely and so happy for the company that she started to
>mother them right away when we put them together. Everything went really
>well for wo weeks. Then snowflake started really pushing crystal around. We
>couldn't figure out if we had ended up with a male that was reaching
>maturity or what was going on. Then crystal started fighting with everyone
>and got some pretty nasty bites on her rump and tail. we wondered if she
>was
>pregnant. snow flake is really starting to look different in the genital
>area from the rest of the gerbils. I took her out and created her own
>habitat and everything instantly calmed down. speedy, felix and snowflake
>all slept together and crystal didn't seem to mind being on her own. We
>treated her with neosporin and her bum has healed up nicely. While she was
>healing, I made a point of getting her out to play with one of the other
>gerbils but she would fight with snowflake and speedy. felix and crystal
>seemed very happy to see each other. So, I have put felix and crystal
>together kind of cold turkey and they are doing great. I think since they
>were litter mates and haven't lost each other's scent since they have been
>playing together we were very lucky and it seems to be working. since they
>are in a temporary habitat, I will have to go out and get them a now cage.
>So for the time being we will watch and see hwo everyone is doing.
>
>I guess the questions are, how do we know if snowflake is a boy or a girl?
>How do we know if crystal is pregnant or not if snow flake is a boy? If
>snow
>flake is a boy and he is now alone with speedy, I assume we'd have to
>expect
>babies from that sector at some time. it wasn't my intention to breed
>gerbils, but it might be interesting to see what happens if we do.
>Christine Abbott
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