GERBIL owners advise needed...

[tikeyas_mom]

you know what I am not even going to start ok. that is crap how you all ar assuming me of likeing to watch animals breed, I post this stuff because some ppl dont know how to sex hamster ect.. is that soo evil?

[tikeyas_mom]

The reson I never seperated them is because I had No devieder made yet. I have no extra cage. Shoot me. i am sorry if you all think I am a bad owner. But would you rather me bring Jade back to the pet store so he can inbreed and be kept in pine bedding ext?? I dont think that is the best fro him.

and why did you house them together if you didnt know what sex they were yet?

because I thought they werte males, the store said they were both male.

and i really dont think you should sell them for free. if they are free, people could just get them "because they are free," and not take good care of them. or they could become snake food!

well if you think I should sell them, then how much should they be?

Uh yeah, I thought you didn't WANT them to breed.... If they were going at it for 2 hours, you could have at least attempted to separate them.

Ya I didnt have a seperate cage and I didnt have a devider. I might have exsadurated a bit when I said they were going at it for 2 hours. it was more liek 10 min lol.

[tikeyas_mom]

Your pm's might be full if you haven't deleted them from your trash box.

Ya karen email me and told me how to do it . thanks though

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
Shoot me.

I wish you'd stop saying that. That's a really dumb thing to say.



People only talk with concern ok? No one is posting *just* because they have something against you. You think people do, but its not true. They are only trying to help, and well, even 10 minutes is a long time. I would have seperated them if I were you, unless I didn't see them till the last moment of course.

[tikeyas_mom]

please stop rolling your eyes at me it is very rude. sorry for saying shoot me, not really because its just something I say all the time.

[popcornbird]

I didn't roll my eyes at you, but at what you said. That's not a good thing to say and I hope you would stop saying that. No one here wants to ever do such a thing to anyone, and its a very bad thing to say.

[Jessica12345]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom

well if you think I should sell them, then how much should they be?

however much your gerbil was....

[primabella]

I think you should just stop posting nasty pics, describing nasty things and stop getting angry. This icon can be rude in some ways but you should definitly not get offended just because someone posts it. Don't take things like a silly icon against you.

Although I strongly am against the whole thing of your gerbils breeding and you not separating them, what's done is done. Ask your vet for what a reasonable price would be and make sure to question those interested.

The reson I never seperated them is because I had No devieder made yet

Why wasn't it made yet? We mentionned it to you weeks (or at least days) ago. If you know you have a female and a male in the same cage, you should have gone out and made the divider right away or at least expected them to breed.

Keep us updated on the situation.

[wolfsoul]

Tikeyas_mom never said that she knew they were breeding, maybe she just thought it was odd and looked it up and realized after what it was? She never even said she was the one who saw them, maybe her brother did?

I don't think pics like that are discusting, I think they are completely natural. When it's people in a picture like that, then yeah, that's discusting, but it's not like, omg two naked gerbils..

I'm afraid to say that the gerbils aren't going to be easy to give away, let alone sell. Ashley (Chibi_star) has gone through the havoc of having a litter of gerbils. She was desperate to find homes for them and she was giving them away for free. Finally, after no one wanted them, she kept two herself, gave one to me, and her cousin took three. Now her cousin also has a litter and has been trying to find them homes for months, and she is also giving them away for free. No one wants them It's really sad..

[wolf_Q]

The original post about the male/female gerbil thing was on 04-21-2003. This was posted on 04-25-2003. That's 4 days.......I think that's plenty of time to come up with some sort of divider, run to the store for another cage......SOMETHING. Obviously it was not important enough.

you know what I am not even going to start ok. that is crap how you all ar assuming me of likeing to watch animals breed, I post this stuff because some ppl dont know how to sex hamster ect.. is that soo evil?

Um, YOU are the one that doesn't know how to sex hamsters. And those photos you just posted were not "how to sex hamsters" it was of hamsters having sex. I don't think anyone needs a photo of that to know what you're talking about....let alone 3 photos...

Tikeyas_mom never said that she knew they were breeding, maybe she just thought it was odd and looked it up and realized after what it was?

Anyone with half a brain that sees 2 animals "mounting" eachother knows what they are doing. From the photos she posted (she says that's what it looked like) I think it's pretty obvious. And nobody just "looks up" for 2 hours...(or 10 minutes as the story has changed now...)

i am sorry if you all think I am a bad owner.

I'm glad you're sorry, because that's exactly what I think.

[tikeyas_mom]

None of my animals have died yet? Why am I a bad owner? I love all my pets and I am a great owner compared to anyone. I am not offended by your opinion though it does hurt.
But I dont care what you say because I know the truth.

[wolfsoul]

And those photos you just posted were not "how to sex hamsters" it was of hamsters having sex.

Those were gerbils, and she was talking about the thread she made a long time ago with the hamsters.

And nobody just "looks up" for 2 hours...(or 10 minutes as the story has changed now...)

That's not what I meant, and besides, my other suggestion is still open.

[tikeyas_mom]

I said 2 hours but I was just exadurating (sp?) it was like ten min, and I never just stood there and watched them breed. I went and ate and then came on pet talk and crap. I went into my room to feed my bird and hamsters and they were still doing it, so i assumed how long it had been. and you all think that I never tryed to find a devider? Well I did, i phoned my dads friend and asked if he could make me one. He had come over to take messurments and crap. He just had to get my mom to buy the tite woven chicken wire, and frame. My mom couldent afford it till next week. So there was nothing I could do. I could have placed Jade or Sage in a plastic icecream tub but that would be crule, I think. I did what I could. and i am a GOOD owner. I love my pets and they love me.

[shellonabeach]

TM,

Make sure you have another tank and the male out BEFORE she has the pups. If not they WILL mate straight away afterwards and you will have even more gerbils on your hands.

I have one 5 week old pup with his parents, mum gave birth to 2 babies on Tuesday, this is because I didn't get Dad out in time (she was a rescue who came pregnant the first time). Dad was neutered 3 weeks ago so they can live together and no more babies.

I do have homes, people for all the babies, but I will be keeping all of them, that is if both new babies make it (in the first litter there was 2 but one died).

I would be concerned that you have a sick female who still needs medical treatment who is now pregnant, it is not going to help her. When the pups are born and weaned put a male with dad and leave a female with her.

[tikeyas_mom]

I dont have an extra tank or cage. I cant house my hamsters together because they are syrians. I might have to give one of my gerbils away, I guess .