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Post by gerbilgrl89 on Nov 17, 2014 12:41:06 GMT -8
Please help guys, I'm going slightly mad! I've been looking to adopt a pair of young female gerbils since August and I'm having no luck at all! I really wanted to rescue but the RSPCA only have elderly single girls, I've rung round all the P@H 'adoption centres' and they're apparently keeping me on a waiting list, and I'm checking Gumtree/Free ads/Preloved etc every day, as well as the local paper. Nothing!!
So please, does anyone know of any responsible breeders in Cornwall? Or if anyone should hear of any accidental litters down this way please, please let me know!!
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Post by pyrotarukia on Nov 17, 2014 14:16:53 GMT -8
Did you not get the ones from Torquay?  |
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Post by gerbilgrl89 on Nov 17, 2014 14:22:34 GMT -8
Did you not get the ones from Torquay? No.  I was offered help from a lady on another forum, and it was all arranged for her to pick them up and meet up with me in Truro. But I just got a text from her that morning saying she couldn't do it. No explanation or anything. I text the owner and said I'd take the train up the next day but he said he was going away for the week and he gave them away to a friend of his kids. Poor little critters, I hope they're doing ok. So it's back to square one. |
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Post by pyrotarukia on Nov 17, 2014 14:26:11 GMT -8
Wow that sucks I'll ask my friends to keep an eye out for you as I'm back in Norway now but if I hear anything I'll let you know
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Post by gerbilgrl89 on Apr 6, 2015 14:12:28 GMT -8
Still looking!! It's been 7 months! At what point do I stop trying to be a good person and just go to the darn petshop?
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Post by the_gerbilpetsworld on Apr 7, 2015 1:38:02 GMT -8
Hi Gerbilgirl, I have had a look on the RSPCA Rehoming website and there are quite a few gerbils on there. What sort of age are you looking for as I'm sure they have various different ages? PetMad15  |
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Post by vexorg on Apr 7, 2015 3:28:52 GMT -8
We go to pets at home often (too often), we rarely see gerbils in the adoption centres. I can only remember one, and he/she was a vicious one, the assistant was topping up the food bowl and it was really going for him trying to bite his arm as it went in. Didn't take much to realise why it was up for adoption.
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Post by keldamouse on Apr 7, 2015 9:40:10 GMT -8
We go to pets at home often (too often), we rarely see gerbils in the adoption centres. I can only remember one, and he/she was a vicious one, the assistant was topping up the food bowl and it was really going for him trying to bite his arm as it went in. Didn't take much to realise why it was up for adoption. It is so sad that that Gerbil is alone. I can imagine that he was chased around the cage and begin to be fearful of hands. I hope that someone was able to open their hearts. Gerbils can be rehabilitated and sometimes all it takes is a gerbil companion. Good luck in finding gerbils to be adopted Gerbilgrl89, I tried desperately to find ones to adopt. There is simply not a huge interest in gerbils in my area. I ended up buying them (I hated it) from our big chain PetCo. I am so happy I have my girls and be able to give them a good home. |
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Post by vexorg on Apr 7, 2015 10:30:26 GMT -8
We've bought single before just because they were alone in the petshop. Some are happy being alone.
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Post by gerbilgrl89 on Apr 9, 2015 14:44:49 GMT -8
I'm looking for a pair or trio of females under a year old. I had been talking to a breeder near the Devon border but he just stopped replying to my emails.  |
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Post by the_gerbilpetsworld on Apr 10, 2015 5:51:31 GMT -8
There are quite a few on the RSPCA rehoming website but I don't know if they are near you: www.rspca.org.uk/findapet if you select 'other' and then filter the results to gerbils you can have a good look at different gerbils at different places. There are a range of different ages. Have you checked PreLoved recently because there could be some on there. Hope I helped PetMad15 |
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Post by gerbilgrl89 on Apr 10, 2015 9:46:58 GMT -8
Hey PetMad, thanks for going to the effort to help! Unfortunately there's just one in Cornwall, a lone male.
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Post by the_gerbilpetsworld on Apr 10, 2015 10:53:42 GMT -8
Oh right. Is that on PreLoved? Or RSPCA?
PetMad15
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Post by leafwhisp on Apr 10, 2015 19:04:40 GMT -8
We've bought single before just because they were alone in the petshop. Some are happy being alone. My gerbil Alice was fine alone. We got her for my gerb misty after her sister died Gerry young. Never got along, but both gerbils remained fine, and as far as I could tell, happy |
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Post by gerbilgrl89 on Jun 30, 2015 11:46:14 GMT -8
I'm still looking. I think I'm going to end up just buying them from Pets at Home. It doesn't feel right somehow but it's been nearly a year since I lost my Whiskey Whiskers. It's ever so lonely without any critters!
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I was offered help from a lady on another forum, and it was all arranged for her to pick them up and meet up with me in Truro. But I just got a text from her that morning saying she couldn't do it. No explanation or anything. I text the owner and said I'd take the train up the next day but he said he was going away for the week and he gave them away to a friend of his kids. Poor little critters, I hope they're doing ok. 
