pinkpink33
07-15-07, 10:36 AM 07-15-07
hiya
so you probably know i took in a lonely pet store gerbil - he had been alone for 3 months when i saw him, and noone wanted him as he wasnt a baby anymore :(
well, me and my boyfriend have decided that he deserves a little gerbil friend! he's always been a very happy little thing, but i cant groom him or sleep with him or do other gerbilly things.
lately i've been feeling bad for him - we have a case of mites, and all pets are living on tissue paper as they have very irritated skin. he looks forlorn now, he cant dig and most of his toys had to be chucked.
so, when the mites are gone, he's going to get a baby boy gerbil friend! going to make me a split tank divider - i really dont have room for another cage, and i wont have the time for another lone gerbil if the new one gets rejected. so we're going to take it slowly.
anyone know how long quarantine is meant to be, for the new gerby? some people say 1 week, some say 2.
wont the new gerby be quite grown after this? i mean, if i get a 6 week old, he is quarantined for 2 weeks, will he still be young enough for frisky to accept him easily?
i wasnt going to get him a friend, as he's always seemed perfectly happy alone, but he's only 5 months old, and if he lives till 4 years, that's a long time for a social animal to be alone.
he's not violent, and the store didnt say anything about violence between the gerbils. when the rest of his litter was there, they were happily playing together, and sleeping on each other (so cute)!
this way he wont get lonely when im at uni in the day - i had to spend overnight away recently, and when i got back he came running up to see me and sat purring on me. it was so cute, but he must have been lonely and missing company.
very excited about getting him a friend! not bothered about colour, but a non-white one would be nice.
any tips anyone wants to share? have never done any intros before, but have been doing much research!
i hope he'll be happy with a friend to play with and dig with (and likely make twice as much mess with, lol).
so you probably know i took in a lonely pet store gerbil - he had been alone for 3 months when i saw him, and noone wanted him as he wasnt a baby anymore :(
well, me and my boyfriend have decided that he deserves a little gerbil friend! he's always been a very happy little thing, but i cant groom him or sleep with him or do other gerbilly things.
lately i've been feeling bad for him - we have a case of mites, and all pets are living on tissue paper as they have very irritated skin. he looks forlorn now, he cant dig and most of his toys had to be chucked.
so, when the mites are gone, he's going to get a baby boy gerbil friend! going to make me a split tank divider - i really dont have room for another cage, and i wont have the time for another lone gerbil if the new one gets rejected. so we're going to take it slowly.
anyone know how long quarantine is meant to be, for the new gerby? some people say 1 week, some say 2.
wont the new gerby be quite grown after this? i mean, if i get a 6 week old, he is quarantined for 2 weeks, will he still be young enough for frisky to accept him easily?
i wasnt going to get him a friend, as he's always seemed perfectly happy alone, but he's only 5 months old, and if he lives till 4 years, that's a long time for a social animal to be alone.
he's not violent, and the store didnt say anything about violence between the gerbils. when the rest of his litter was there, they were happily playing together, and sleeping on each other (so cute)!
this way he wont get lonely when im at uni in the day - i had to spend overnight away recently, and when i got back he came running up to see me and sat purring on me. it was so cute, but he must have been lonely and missing company.
very excited about getting him a friend! not bothered about colour, but a non-white one would be nice.
any tips anyone wants to share? have never done any intros before, but have been doing much research!
i hope he'll be happy with a friend to play with and dig with (and likely make twice as much mess with, lol).