Wear gloves and watch them constantly until they fall asleep together in the same nest (split cage them if you cannot watch them). Danger signs are one chasing the other around the tank at top speed, the frightened one propelling herself in the air and getting into a "ball" fight. Good signs are licking at each others mouth. Or one flatting herself to the ground in a non-threatening, groom me pose. Good luck to you, Donna ABC Gerbils www.abcgerbils.com --- R W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently in the process of attempting to > introduce two females. They have been in the split > cage since Monday and so far they seem to be doing > okay. When I switch their sides, they each sleep in > the bed the other vacated, and they are sniffing > each > other through the mesh. > > I was thinking about taking them out on monday and > putting them together breifly to see how they do > (it's > easier for me to separate them in case they don't if > I > place them in the large "play" tub i got rather than > in the cage. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should > look > for to make sure they really are getting along? So > far they seem to not be trying to fight. I don't > want > to even attempt to put them together thought until > it > has been a week. And because I've heard females are > harder to repair I just wanted to ask. > > on a different note, I seem to be making gerbil > converts of my whole extended family. My sister is > thinking about getting a pair for her and her > daughter, and my SIL is thinking about getting a > second pair. AND so are my aunt and uncle. So I > may > be able to home a few of them (although there are a > few I want to keep because they are my babies) and > have some more room for my future breeding pair. I > didn't want to start breeding again just to get more > littel cuties if I couldn't take care of them or > find > homes for some of them. So I have the pleasure of > introducing my family to the joys of gerbils as well > as knowing that my gerbies will have good homes and > be > able breed some more again. > > just a little update. > > RW > > > ===== > The GemStar Clan ---- > Tina and Windy, Spring and Misty, > Kibble and Nibble, Cocoa and Dave, > Peaches and Abby and the boys: > Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Foxy, Pirate, and Timothy > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute > with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
