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Post by ohmylokix on Dec 17, 2009 18:42:49 GMT -8
People have placed hamster babies with gerbils, and have had successful results. However, it depends on the particular gerbil, and the ages of the babies. It wouldn't work with older babies.
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Post by man on Dec 18, 2009 12:48:44 GMT -8
so like if the babies were born at around the same time (day or week) and if they were still like hairless or what ever then it would work? thats what i understand from what you said
oh and is all plastic bad or are there certain bad types?
thanks again
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Post by man on Dec 18, 2009 12:56:22 GMT -8
oh yeah another question: i've read like all the threads on the cage beddgin and all that board and from it read that some pine bedding is ok as long as its aked or something what is the real thign about pine bedding walmart has some bedding which is cheaper than at mym closest pet store so i got their version of the care fresh. they had pine bedding (i didn't realy looked at it much) and i just threw it back on the shelf because i thought 'nope almost all the forum post about it say pine is bad because of the respiratory problems etc.' but if it was fired/baked is it okay to use?
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Post by Shooting Star on Dec 18, 2009 13:37:40 GMT -8
Yes, all plastic is bad. The thicker, tougher plastic like you find on a Silent Spinner wheel is less of a concern, but you still have to watch out for chewing. Fostering with hairless pups usually works better than fostering with pups that have started getting fur. If you're fostering gerbil pups with a calm gerbil surrogate mom, you may be able to add hairless pups to a furred litter. I've done this a couple of times. ^ This is one of my past females, nursing her own 2-week-old litter of five, plus a day-old foster pup. I would not recommend getting a gerbil in order to foster hamster pups. Syrian hamsters develop faster than gerbils-- at three weeks, a hamster pup will be about twice the size of a gerbil pup ( gerbil weight; hamster weight). If you need to foster hamster pups, I'd go with a nursing rat. A rat is closer to the right size, and females are (supposedly) relatively accepting of strange pups. **Edit: There's a lot of controversy over pine. In general, UK pine is better than US pine, and kiln-dried is better than non-kiln-dried. I quit using pine ages ago-- it even gives *me* respiratory problems.
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Post by man on Dec 18, 2009 14:06:20 GMT -8
That is cute (your picture) i live in canada (southern ontario actually) and i havent seen any members from canada so yeah the best bedding for smell and burrowing is aspen right? i think im going to try it, i have the walmart type of care fresh but i'm probably going to change to aspen because aspen looks cooler and this crittercare as it is called kinda has a wierd smell and i just don't like it
thanks for replying!
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Post by man on Dec 21, 2009 10:36:35 GMT -8
OK so i was wondering should i get aspen? oh and i might get some new gerbils for chirstmas
what beddig do you use and why? i want one that looks like sand (ish) so its like their habitat and also that is good for burrowing and doesn't smell too bad. i have the walmart version of care fresh like i said before, and i tried waiting two weeks to clean it but it was so disgusting that i did it before the two weeks was up
so yeah aspen or ...? which bedding ?
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