> Then I was looking a lot around the web for > breeders....but still couldn't find any here in > Italy (sorry for my english!).... > I imagine that it shouldn't be safe to mate > brothers and sisters, eh?
I wouldn't recommend it...perhaps for now separate the gerbils out into two colonies - male and female, then try and find mates for them after that. Once they're old enough to wean. I don't know what the shipping rules are within Italy - in Canada you can only ship live animals via Air Canada and it's very expensive (comparable to a person flying AirCanada). Keep searching for them - try contacting the French Gerbil Association http://www.gerbille.org/ or the National Gerbil Org based in the UK http://www.rodent.demon.co.uk/ or the Swedish http://gerbilclub.com or Finnish http://www.gerbiiliyhdistys.fi/ or the Northern Gerbil Federation http://medley8.tripod.com/ You could try putting advertisements online looking for gerbils in any of the online buy/sell communities for Italy. Ask petstores and leave your name and number for if they get any in. Good luck :) Jenn Canadian Fancy Gerbils ______________________________________________________ Send your holiday cheer with http://greetings.yahoo.ca
