In general the safest and most successful gerbil introductions are a single gerbil to a single gerbil using a split cage.
Males and pups are in general easier to clan. Often you can put together a number of male pups together and they will clan or a number of male pups with one adult male. Her is a description of my doing that: http://www.geocities.com/abcgerbils/boy_tank.html I just put together a number of males: 3 10 week old males, 2 five week old pups, and 1 six month old male. key to the success is a nuturing, but clearly dominante male. In this case the six month old was an extremely gerbil-friendly runt and one of the 10 week olds was "Alpha" male. Hope that helps, Donna ABC Gerbils www.abcgerbils.com --- Jean M Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just checking. My daughter and I saw a black baby > gerbil like one of the > gerbils my 7 y.o. son lost and we considered buying > it and introducing it > to our males, who are all of the same family yet > various ages (Sue - the > dad, Scratchy - from first litter & now grown, and > Cinnamon, from second > litter - introduced to Sue & Scratchy later - and > still rather young). > Two pet store managers told us that we couldn't do > it, because the > gerbils would tear apart the newcomer. When I asked > why I was able to > introduce Cinnamon (of the second litter) to his > older brother and Dad, > they said it was because they were already family > and they could tell it > from the scent. But I've read on here varous cases > where gerbils who > were strangers were introduced to one another > without a problem. I just > wonder why that works and yet I was warned against > it? > > Nippy (the mom) and Speedy (from second litter) are > doing fine & they're > in their own aquarium. Sue (the dad), Scratchy > (from first litter) and > Cinnamon (from second litter) are doing fine, too. > And I hear that > Persian and Tiny from the second litter are still > doing well in their new > home. Our hamsters (Teddy & Minnie) are doing well, > too, although my son > was afraid to hold Teddy, because he thought she'd > be wet when she's in > season. I told him she's not wet unless she has > that white discharge & > that's not always present, so it's o.k. to hold her. > Both hamsters are > quite affectionate. > -Jean __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
