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Post by ashgerbil on May 24, 2007 7:55:37 GMT -8
Alrighty you lot, put your hand up if you want a Bushy Tailed Jird? It looks like I'm getting a pair of Bushy Tailed Jirds in the not-too-distant future (long story  ). However, I only found out yesterday that they are a breeding pair. Now as you can imagine, this changes quite a few things, and there are a lot of new problems that I need to consider, one of these being demand for BTJs. If there is no or little demand for baby jirds, then there is no point in breeding them. I am not going to breed them (ie, I'll have to keep them seperated) if they are just going to sit in my house (where unfortunately I have neither them time nor space to keep tanks and tanks of little jirds), get sent to a rescue centre or end up in a petshop, as it is not fair on the jirds. So I am conducting 'market research' if you like  If you (or anyone that you know) would be interested in adopting a pair of Bushy Tailed Jirds in the near future, then please either reply to this thread or send me a PM. |
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Post by ashgerbil on May 28, 2007 8:28:03 GMT -8
*bump* Does no-one want a Bushy Tailed Jird?  But lookit how cute they are... (Click Me). Anyhool, I'll update this thread when I go and see them on Thursday  Apparently the male is really really nice and docile, well anyways I'm dead excited about them So I may bring them home on Thursday, depends on how they are etc |
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Post by tracy on May 28, 2007 8:32:07 GMT -8
Aww, they're adorable! But I'm on the wrong side of the pond... Keep us posted, and you know we'll be expecting piccies!
Tracy
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Post by ashgerbil on May 29, 2007 6:28:40 GMT -8
Awww too bad  I've had a couple of people interested and apparently bushy tailed jirds aren't prolific breeders (they'll have about 5 litters in a lifetime I've read) and only have (on average) 3-4 pups per litter, so I think I'll be able to find homes for them all Yup, I'll definitely post some photos up when I get them ;D |
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Post by ali on May 29, 2007 20:39:18 GMT -8
Too bad I live wayyyyy on the other side of the pond lol...no, lake really. haha. There suuuuuper cute. I LOVE their tails!
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Post by girlrazor on Jun 9, 2007 5:38:01 GMT -8
I would be interested, been looking into them for a long time, but I can't find very good information on there care.
Do you have any good websites to recommend Ash?
I've been on erodent.co.uk, but I'd like to see a little bit more before commiting to any kind of decision!
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Post by storminstaffs on Jun 15, 2007 6:47:42 GMT -8
i would be interested in the future but not yet got too many pets atm
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Post by ashgerbil on Jun 17, 2007 12:37:14 GMT -8
Blimey sorry I didn't even realise anyone had replied to this thread!  Girlrazor: Hey that's great! They make fantastic pets, they're super friendly and active I've got basically all my information for my BTJs from the E-Gerbil forum (or GSUK forum as it used to be called) here. There's a few members on there who keep them and I've got a lot of good advice from there A lot of BTJ sites aren't really that great. I just googled 'Bushy Tailed Jird' and read as many sites as I could. There's some conflicting information and sometimes it can be confusing, but just absorb the good bits of each website But as I said before, the best place to go is the E-gerbil forum Read a few threads there and you can ask questions too Storminstaffs: Great!  They'll be breeding for a while yet, so hopefully I'll have some babies available when you've got the space |
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Post by vacampbell on Jun 19, 2007 14:28:03 GMT -8
I'm in the same situation as storminstaffs with having no available space. they are so cute though and if you have any when I have space I would be interested, after I have researed them properly.
Do they live in a huge cage? and climb rather than dig? not sure if i have the right creature in mind lol
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Post by mollldoll on Jun 20, 2007 14:57:49 GMT -8
aw wow, shame you live so far away or id be totally interested in them
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Post by gerbilsalldaway on Jun 21, 2007 4:32:47 GMT -8
I would be interested.
What size are they about and what's their diet.
They look like a cross between a degu and a gerbil!
Would you send me a pair over if I sent a man who's collecting gerbils for me and hamsters for him, I'd understand if you didn't want to ship, though.
It's just a thought though. My mum saw the pictures and loved them!
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Post by ashgerbil on Jun 21, 2007 11:11:10 GMT -8
I don't think that they'd travel well somehow, they're a bit highly strung and I could imagine them getting pretty stressed, particularly on such a long journey all the way to Ireland (with 20 hamsters and gerbils o_0). I wouldn't really be happy letting them go such a long way, especially with a ferry journey too.  They live in a big tank (3 foot) and I'm going to add a cage on top, as they love climbing (and also burrowing! Herb and Milly have dug some great burrows  . They do need quite alot of space as they're very active animals, but they're such good fun. Their behaviour reminds me alot of a chinchilla actually, it's very cute Wow I never knew I'd get such interest in them! Right well they'd better have some babies now then! ;D |
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Post by caz on Jun 21, 2007 14:46:47 GMT -8
Think we need some more piccies of Herb and Milly Ash *hint, hint*!!!!! Caroline |
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Post by angielouise on Jun 21, 2007 23:53:14 GMT -8
Caz the piccie-monster strikes again ;D |
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Post by caz on Jun 24, 2007 4:33:33 GMT -8
Don't ask, don't get lol! ;D
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). However, I only found out yesterday that they are a breeding pair. Now as you can imagine, this changes quite a few things, and there are a lot of new problems that I need to consider, one of these being demand for BTJs.
If you (or anyone that you know) would be interested in adopting a pair of Bushy Tailed Jirds in the near future, then please either reply to this thread or send me a PM.
But lookit how cute they are... 
Apparently the male is really really nice and docile, well anyways I'm dead excited about them 
I've had a couple of people interested and apparently bushy tailed jirds aren't prolific breeders (they'll have about 5 litters in a lifetime I've read) and only have (on average) 3-4 pups per litter, so I think I'll be able to find homes for them all 
They'll be breeding for a while yet, so hopefully I'll have some babies available when you've got the space 
. They do need quite alot of space as they're very active animals, but they're such good fun. Their behaviour reminds me alot of a chinchilla actually, it's very cute 
