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Post by peschanka on Aug 14, 2005 10:45:16 GMT -8
In one book it write 3 - 5 years. In next 4. How long?
My oldest gerbil is 3 years old.
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Post by GerbilGal on Aug 15, 2005 7:18:02 GMT -8
The book is about correct. 3-5 years is normal for a gerbil. 5 years and older is rare.
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Post by kansascitykennel on Aug 15, 2005 11:28:26 GMT -8
I'm hoping to breed an expanded life expectnacy in my gerbil line this time around like I did last time I bred. It works through selective breeding. Since the petstore breeders only care obout quantity and not quality the average given in books is correct but most AGS breeders are finging theirs to live longer with very careful breeding programs. Right now my gerbils are:
Bolt-1 year 3 moths
Perdita-3 months old
Cream Puff-9 months
Cookie-6 months
Tag-5 months
Sasparilla-2 months
I realize a couple of them are rather young and expect to wait for pups from them a while longer than the others. I plan to brreed based on this plan:
Good Temperment-very improtant
Health-very important
Curious-very important
color-somewhat important
size-not very important
avid chewer-not a desrieble trait will not breed from chewers
Hard nipping-undesireble trait will not breed from these either.
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