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Post by mafff on Feb 19, 2005 0:22:27 GMT -8
Hey.
R Siamese Gerbs sepoce to be chubby looking or are they just 2 fat?
i thought it might me there gens 2 be chubby looking?
plz Help cause maybe I have to put them on a diet if it's not there gens.
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Post by Paws Not Logged In on Feb 19, 2005 3:23:55 GMT -8
It's because they are fat! Mine are like that too.  Once they get older they begin to look like that. |
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Post by callimico on Feb 21, 2005 16:32:14 GMT -8
No- healthy siamese gerbils should look like other gerbils. Females should have a slim athletic appearance, males a bulky (sometimes this looks a little like fat) appearance. If your gerbil is an adult/older male he should look bulky.
But individuals color genetics shouldn't affect their weight.
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Post by RyanF on Feb 21, 2005 17:02:10 GMT -8
Well, my female siamese is kind of skinny and smaller than my others.  |
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Post by moghedien on Feb 21, 2005 18:45:22 GMT -8
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Post by mafff on Feb 21, 2005 23:45:46 GMT -8
No- healthy siamese gerbils should look like other gerbils. Females should have a slim athletic appearance, males a bulky (sometimes this looks a little like fat) appearance. If your gerbil is an adult/older male he should look bulky. But individuals color genetics shouldn't affect their weight. Maybe a picca will help. now you can see if there bulky or fatty.  Left is my spotted black and the 2 on the right are my siamesewhen my siamese stretch the look slim but as you can see now the look a little fatty. what do you think? is it just bulky or fat? |
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Post by callimico on Feb 22, 2005 8:33:17 GMT -8
You're right, they do look a little overweight, but they're beautiful;D!! You also have a burmese gerbil  the one on the far right is Burmese, the lighter is the Siamese. If they look skinny when they stretch it could be just bulkiness, but you can try cutting out a few sunflowers or other foods to see if they slim up a bit. Mine look a little fat when they hunch up too, but the male is only 3 months old in the pic so he should be getting bulky by the time he's 6 months old.  The Siamese on the left is female (2 1/2 weeks pregnant in this shot), the spotted Burmese on the right is the young male ;D Thanks for showing your pic, your gerbils are gorgeous  (thanks for the link Mogheiden) |
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Post by doomgerbiluk on Feb 22, 2005 8:51:46 GMT -8
this is a fat gerbil :  and here he is stretched out   |
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Post by sandy on Feb 22, 2005 14:57:09 GMT -8
No, I don't think they are fat. They are adult males and should look like that.
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Post by mafff on Feb 23, 2005 2:35:44 GMT -8
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Once they get older they begin to look like that. 
the one on the far right is Burmese, the lighter is the Siamese. If they look skinny when they stretch it could be just bulkiness, but you can try cutting out a few sunflowers or other foods to see if they slim up a bit. Mine look a little fat when they hunch up too, but the male is only 3 months old in the pic so he should be getting bulky by the time he's 6 months old.
(thanks for the link Mogheiden)
