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Post by spaniard on Feb 26, 2006 13:37:23 GMT -8
Okay I had a clan of 5 male gerbils all together for a year until Sam and Enzo got into a fight even though they got along great. So then I seperated my clan of five and put Sam with Gilbert and Elmo and I put Enzo with Nikko. After that everything was fine until Friday when I came back from school Sam was laying over dead Gilbert and eating him. I believe Sam and Gilbert fought because Gilbert was a very healthy and happy gerbil; but its weird because they got along so well. Is Sam gonna fight with Elmo too what should I do?
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Post by AndreaS15 on Feb 26, 2006 15:57:55 GMT -8
It sounds like Sam may have some dominance issues, and may have to be kept alone.
Some gerbils are like that, and prefure to live alone. I have had 2 females in my years of keeping gerbils who wouldn't get along with other gerbils.
If the other 3 are happy, just leave them.
With larger groups of gerbils you want to make sure not to change anything to much with their daily living. Such as leaving some of the old litter whenn you clean the tank, to give them soemthing that smells the same to them. Sometimes having to many toys in their tanks, or to much room can set them off.
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Post by lizzy on Feb 27, 2006 10:54:52 GMT -8
Sorry to hear  Bear in mind that Gilbert may or may not have been killed/been in a fight with Sam; he could have died from an unforeseen health problem. It is instinct in the wild for gerbils to eat others to prevent predators finding them, whether or not they killed the gerbil. |
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Post by spaniard on Mar 3, 2006 11:14:27 GMT -8
Yea I think Gilbert died from natural causes but he was so happy and healthy. Sam would have at least a few scars if he did fight Gilbert and he doesn't. Thanks a lot everyone.
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Post by RitzieAnn on Mar 3, 2006 21:32:49 GMT -8
my CJ lives alone... there's all sorts of pictures of Sparky II in this section. Think the thread is called "maybe now he's learned" how long ago did you seperate them all? Can you split cage Elmo with the other boys and leave Sam alone? OR you can make a perminate split cage that way Sam has a friend, but he can't kill him!
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