Deborah DeMaere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Greetings Julian
>
>> >I am most curious to hear the verdict on what the animal is. Would
>> >the pet shop keeper let you take a snap of it to help identify it?
>> As Sue says, Degus are much, much darker than Mongolian Gerbils.
>> I have heard of black degu mutations in Belgium, as well grey ones in
>> Germany.
>I know what a Degu looks like ;) I rescue them and am currently
>owned by two (named Degubah and yoda - and don't blame me, I
>didn't name them :)). I have only seen one pic of a "blue" and never
>seen a melanistic nor a black. I was thinking aloud to my mate
>here that if we had such a degu we might be able to start the
>diversity of colour we see in the charming gerbil :)!
>
>Sooo...how hard is it to import rodentia from Europe to Canada?
>*gryn*. My ears sure perked at the sound of Sundeval's Jird too.
>
>With a smile,
>Deborah
If your local animal import laws are not too restrictive, and you can
find an airline prepared to carry animals, it is only a matter of
spending several hundred dollars! :-)
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
