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Legless Gerbils???
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Jas
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scott im sure if you kept working on the "mouster" line you could have bred something similar yourself in a few years. Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

on stage two of the mousters now Jas, bred them into long hairs and all sorts of colours Laughing.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scott, what species are they and where are they from please?
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Peter, they are Jaculus jaculus, from Egypt.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They`re great! Cool
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scott W wrote:
Hi Peter, they are Jaculus jaculus, from Egypt.


So they are lessers Wink
Mine are Jaculus orientalis Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They look like shortus armus to me! Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a site that may be of some interest Very Happy

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This species is very hard to breed, even zoo's rarely breed them. And if they breed the pups only survived for a few days.


http://www.gerbil-info.com/html/jaculus.htm
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks....that reads like a challenge Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Which no doubt you`ll rise too! Wink
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