Hi Jennifer,
Welcome to the list!
You might want to check out the "Great Gerbil Links"
on my sight www.abcgerbils.com to get some gerbil
indroduction, care and breeding information. Sounds
like your smitten with the little fellas.
To register with the American Gerbil Society, go to
http://www.agsgerbils.org/Registration.html
(or go to www.agsgerbils.org and click "Registration")
You can only use the Member Services such as
Registering a Gerbil once you are a member.
Donna
ABC Gerbils
www.abcgerbils.com
AGS Committee Member
--- Jennifer Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've been on the list for about a week now, and
> figured it was about time for an introduction.
>
> My name is Jennifer, I'm married with two kids,
> John, Johnny (3.5), Joshua (barely 1). I originally
> got one gerbil, Chocolate Milk (spotted slate male)
> a couple weeks ago for my eldest (who's three, so we
> knew from the start who'd be caring for them). Then
> we learned that gerbils like company, so we added a
> black girl, Girl, knowing we'd get babies but also
> not afraid of that (we used to keep chinchillas
> before we had kids). We got the first gerbil from
> our local PetSmart and the second from a local
> store. Both stores I've bought fish from regularly
> and have found them very reliable. Meanwhile, I'd
> fallen in love with the little guys (as my son calls
> them). My husband is probably getting tired of
> finding me downstairs in my son's room watching the
> gerbil on their shelf. So, after finding all the
> resources and info on the internet, I decided I
> wanted to start a kennel. Around this time I also
> fell in love with a little lilac male, Cottom Candy,
> at PetSmart. So I bought him. He didn't get along
> with the black female (he was probably brother to
> the slate), so now he's in his own cage waiting a
> friend.
>
> We live in the Madison, WI area, and I know there
> are other folks from Southern Wisconsin around here.
> If anyone has a DEH or red fox female baby in this
> area up for adoption (2-3 hours from Madison or
> twice that if you'll meet me partway), I'd love to
> hear from you offline.
>
> Also, I've had trouble getting registered with AGS.
> The website keeps asking for a password when I
> submit the form. Any help would be welcome.
>
> Jennifer
> Little Guys Kennel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Ashley> <--!>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 5:48 AM
> Subject: Eeek, FLEAS!!
>
>
> I recently added another two gerbils to my family
> and I see they both have
> flea's. I was pickin about 5 or 6 off of just one,
> and there is more. I can
> also see little black flakes of what looks like
> dirt but what I think is flea
> eggs. I know using dog and cat flea medication is
> out of the question, along
> with any flea medicine actually. Someone did tell
> me though that if I let
> them roll in chinchilla dust it will smother the
> flea's..but how do I get the
> eggs off? And the cage is going to need a good
> cleaning also.
>
> Please help me, this is really importnant. I've
> had the new gerbils for three
> days...they don't even do anything but lay and
> scratch..I'm really worried.
> Please, dont purchase gerbils from petshops.
> .These ones looked really
> healthy but I guess I missed the flea's crawling
> on them.
>
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