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Post by sorchajude on Aug 10, 2005 1:50:51 GMT -8
i have 2 male gerbil and want to start breeding them but im worried that if a sepirat them and put them in a split tank with a female they will miss each other and get stressed what should i do . i will be geting 2 females do you think that it will be ok to put each mail with one and will they be happy ?  ohh and how do you get ur pics of your gerbils ont to your message . thanks sorchajude |
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Post by doomgerbiluk on Aug 10, 2005 2:02:09 GMT -8
obviously any change will cause soem stress but once the new lady friends go on heat I'm sure they'll be very happy  use the split cage method...good luck As for putting a pic in..go to the bar at the top of the foruma nd click on profile in profile it says Members Bio - Modify Profile click that put the URL of yoru pic where it says avatar URL to add a picture to yoru signature you use the tags [ img ] URL [ img ] but leave out the spaces. Have fun to post pics in the forum use the same tags with the URL in the middle in you post |
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Post by mice on Aug 10, 2005 2:52:17 GMT -8
Are you planning to have two breeding pairs at the same time? I don't mean to be rude but I hope you've really thought this through because you could end up with 20+ gerbils on your hands before you know it! That's a lot of hard work.
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Post by doomgerbiluk on Aug 10, 2005 3:16:14 GMT -8
Mice is, of course, quite correct. Many breeders find themselves with larger numbers of gerbils thant they expect because they underestimate just how quickly numbers build up and do not realise finding new homes can be difficult at times as gerbil popularity is a variable thing.
To illustrate, in January I got 1 pair of dipodils. Now these have much smaller litters than mongolian gerbils, yet 7 months later I have (if all pups do well) 11 dipodils. (thats 4 litters over 2 generations).
now imagine that with mongolians (my biggest surviving litter being 9) and you have two pairs!!!! it is easy to see how quickly numbers can build up!!!
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Post by sorchajude on Aug 10, 2005 6:30:48 GMT -8
yes i have thought this througt . i have a sister and she is very happy to help . but i was wanting only one paor to breed i dont no what to do if i only get 1 female then my other male will get lonly ?
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Post by doomgerbiluk on Aug 10, 2005 6:53:10 GMT -8
well get a young male (around 6 weeks) and intro them (split cage for safety)
he'll be fine
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Post by sorchajude on Aug 10, 2005 7:10:06 GMT -8
ohh i dient think of that  thanks that will be better than having so many pups sorchajude |
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Post by sorchajude on Aug 10, 2005 7:10:58 GMT -8
whats a URL ? i still cant get a pic on  |
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Post by RyanF on Aug 10, 2005 7:38:53 GMT -8
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Post by sorchajude on Aug 10, 2005 8:34:20 GMT -8
lol yeh im new how can you tell ?
sorcha
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Post by doomgerbiluk on Aug 10, 2005 8:56:51 GMT -8
lol that's fine we where all noobs once  stick with us and you'll soon catch up as Ryan said URLs begin http:// or www. and end with .com or .co.uk or .tk or one of many others www.photobucket.com is a URL and a very useful link as you can upload your pictures there. under each pic will be 3 'tags' one has the form www.picname.com thats your URL one has the [ img ] tags at each end thats the one for forums the other is for websites etc and its free (unless, like me, you have thousands of photos to store and link to ) to use these in the forum you simply highlight the tag, copy (cntrlC) and paste into yoru post (cntrlV) If you have uploaded to a website then right click on the picture, copy location and paste between ![]() [/img ] tags in yoru post |
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Post by sorchajude on Aug 10, 2005 8:58:32 GMT -8
ok i think i get it now ill just give it a try thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by sorchajude on Aug 10, 2005 10:21:17 GMT -8
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Post by sorchajude on Aug 10, 2005 10:21:35 GMT -8
i did it thanks |
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thanks that will be better than having so many pups 
