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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Oct 11, 2005 5:11:34 GMT -8
Sorry, that was a mistake, I meant Fat-tailed gerbils. I will change it in the original post!
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Post by naomi on Jun 1, 2006 4:25:20 GMT -8
awww they look like roborovski's - VERY cute!! I agree the tail is a bit wierd though!
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Post by SunshineGerbils on Jun 9, 2006 17:21:01 GMT -8
wow, they are so different then what i'm used to! they are cute though except the strange tail
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Post by jyrenze on Jun 11, 2006 17:49:37 GMT -8
A petshop I frequent has imported about 20 - 30 fat tailed gerbils from egypt! They look so cute but some of them have strange tails, as in..its fat at the base, thin in the middle and fat again at the end. Is that normal?
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Post by ashgerbil on Jun 12, 2006 11:38:42 GMT -8
A petshop I frequent has imported about 20 - 30 fat tailed gerbils from egypt! They look so cute but some of them have strange tails, as in..its fat at the base, thin in the middle and fat again at the end. Is that normal? no, it means that they are probably both stressed and ill gosh, i hope they're not wild ones which have been caught to be sold in shops!
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Jun 15, 2006 1:26:32 GMT -8
Most likely they are! Duprasi are still caught in the wild, exported and sold in shops.
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Post by gerbilfreak on Jul 25, 2006 7:21:18 GMT -8
They are ADORABLE!!!! IWANT ONE!!!!!
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Post by bananana on Jul 28, 2006 21:27:10 GMT -8
Hi, I have 2 pairs of fat-tailed gerbils and planning to breed them. Any tips that any breeders can offer me would be great. I'm a hobbyist breeder of syrian and winter white hamsters and this is my first time venturing into breeding more exotic animals. Oh, I have one question if you don't mind me asking Since I read that you have to separate the male from the female after mating, can I put the males together in one large enclosure after that? I'm worried that they'll fight. Or will they be ok with each other?
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Aug 6, 2006 0:22:36 GMT -8
My experience is that they will fight. Some can stay together very well, but most of mine did not. I have males living seperate after fighting, except for two. Those two have never been into a fight (for about 2 years now I think), although they squick to each other once a while. If you want to prevent any fighting (and wounds) I would suggest seperating the males. They can live solitary and are happy with it. Breeding and keeping duprasi is quite the same as with Syrian hamsters, so I gues you will do fine.
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Post by bananana on Aug 8, 2006 13:34:03 GMT -8
Hmm... I have a male that has a little white lump on his testicle. Do you think it could be absess? I also have 3 females housed together but one of them constantly humps the other 2 and the smallest of the 3 seem to suffer from this weird behavior... I want to separate one of them but I don't know whether to confine the humping one or the small one. The only duprasi that didn't nip me before is the smallest female.... The one that humps and the third female drew blood before when they nipped me... This is getting very worrying for me as I do not know whether I should breed the nippy ones.. I do not want to sell bitey pets to people. :/
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Aug 11, 2006 11:38:41 GMT -8
The lump on his testicle can be an abcess, hard to tell this way. A photo? If you're worried, I'll suggest you to visit a vet.
About the females. The one that humps the other females is the dominant one. She is the strongest, the boss. How does the two other ones react to each other?
If the other two do fine together, I personally would seperate the dominant (humping) female.
The best way to tame them is handling them a lot. If you're worried that they will nip, you can wear leather (or other) gloves. Let them get used to handling.
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Post by bananana on Aug 12, 2006 12:18:50 GMT -8
Hmm.. Alrighty. Thanks Peter Will update soon
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Post by megamimitchi on Aug 17, 2006 21:14:36 GMT -8
They look like cute little wind up toys, look cute and the fur covers their feet! Now I want one!!!
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Post by gigi on Nov 17, 2006 18:56:39 GMT -8
ewww, no offense to the little things or people that like them but their tails are just gross looking for me!
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Post by bananana on Nov 23, 2006 13:22:47 GMT -8
Ahh!!! My most docile female was bitten badly today! I had a tank shortage so I couldn't separate them. But they've been together for quite a long time without much problems. Suddenly today, I saw that she had 2 terrible gashes on both her sides. Looked like someone tried to skin her or something....
I've cleaned the wounds and applied iodine. Thank goodness I have a spare bucket to house the other female, or I would've had no other way to separate them.
Are female fat tails able to hold back sperm? The female that gave birth now has a swollen tummy, like she's pregnant again. But the thing is, I didn't mate her after her last pregnancy....
Another thing.... I remember I did read somewhere that there are 2 sub specie of duprasis... Is this true? Limited info is given on this but out of my total of 8 duprasis, only one is very docile and will not nip. She's the one that's injured and she has not eaten a mealworm or cricket ever since she came. But she's quite small, she looked very young when I first got her. There's another one that's small as well, but he gobbles mealies and crickets and nips quite hard. The rest of my duprasis are significantly larger....
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