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Tired of mice, going to gerbils as feeders?

sdmessmer
03-11-2005, 02:43 PM
I'm thinking of feeding off all my mice and going to gerbils until my snakes are big enough to go to rat pups. I did a search and found that gerbil pinks are a good size for hatchlings. I understand I will probably be housing them in pairs, but at least I will not have to deal with stinky mice!

Once the snakes are big enough how hard would it be to switch them from gerbils to rats?

Any tips on setting up gerbils for breeding?

Silvia

TripleMoonsExotic
03-11-2005, 03:23 PM
Gerbils do not have near as many pups to a litter as mice/rats do...

Also, some snakes may be harder to switch over to mice then others...depends on the individual.

Quigs
03-11-2005, 06:12 PM
Gerbils don't stink???

Bluebeard
03-11-2005, 07:09 PM
no gerbils smell pretty, i leave my gerbil vivs for atlest a month with out changing them and they still don't smell.

sdmessmer
03-11-2005, 09:17 PM
....gerbils don't stink.

Energi2er
10-01-2005, 04:39 AM
Would gerbils be as nutritious as mice?

magick-bears
10-01-2005, 06:26 AM
I can't speak to the nutrition side. But having bred both mice and gerbils I can tell you that the gerbils are much more difficult. As was stated above gerbils have smaller litters, they are also much more prone to cannibalism, and are very sporadic breeders. I at one point almost lost a very large contract because my gerbils went on a breeding strike. I went 3 months with out a single litter, and I had over 100 colonies at the time. That was an exception cause they all stopped breeding but on the average I would only get litters from 1/4 to 1/5 of my colonies each month.

~Jeff C.

jazzgeek
10-01-2005, 02:40 PM
I at one point almost lost a very large contract because my gerbils went on a breeding strike.Gerbils have a union? :sidestep:

regards,
jazz

magick-bears
10-01-2005, 05:53 PM
Gerbils have a union? :sidestep:

regards,
jazz

:roflmao:

Yep thay wanted longer breaks

~Jeff C.

jazzgeek
10-01-2005, 07:01 PM
:roflmao:

Yep thay wanted longer breaks

~Jeff C.A longer break in between breeding?

If that's the criterion, I'm a gerbil.

regards,
jazz

kr0316
10-03-2005, 08:23 PM
A longer break in between breeding?

If that's the criterion, I'm a gerbil.

too funny jazz


:roflmao: