Do You Feed White Or Coloured???

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Originally Posted by monk90222

Your correct, every gerbil in every pet store are mongolian gerbils but they came from some animal breeder/wholesaler in the US. No gerbils are imported anymore for the pet trade.

So, the gerbils that you can purchase in US pet stores have never set foot in Africa. They are decendents of asian gerbils.

Yes, BP's eat gerbils, but unless you can collect wild gerbils from Africa, your not feeding them african gerbils, but asian ones.

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the point im trying to get at is that it dosnt matter where the gerbil came frome the snake dosnt like it cuz it came from africa it is the cent that all gerbils produce that trigggers the feeding reaction

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Originally Posted by COLDBLOODED262

the point im trying to get at is that it dosnt matter where the gerbil came frome the snake dosnt like it cuz it came from africa it is the cent that all gerbils produce that trigggers the feeding reaction

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where did you get this information?

books websites and from watching my best frinds python refuse his mice for about a couple of months and the vet couldnt find anything wrong with him and had no ideas then a book he found at the library claimed that pythons eat gerbils in nature and probabley trigger a stonger feeding reaction because of the cent so we tried it and before the little guy knew which way was up that snake was all over him.

So you are generalizing an entire species due to one animal who responded that way? I'm sorry, but that is no proof of anything...

I've never fed Gerbils, won't ever (illegal here in Cali), and I don't see why most people would. There are a great number of better alternatives (aka ASFR).

And for the record, it's Scent.

Good job getting your friends animal feeding! :D

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Originally Posted by stormbourne

I heard somewhere that albino rats can be more aggressive than the coloured ones. I am not sure though!

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It depends on the line rather than on being albino or not. My rats will only bite once in a while if I grab a female that's on pinkies. Otherwise they're either shy or friendly, but never aggressive.

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

I think gerbils are a bad habit, if you ever want to sell that snake that is stuck on them, your going to find it a heck lot harder to sell it.

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Why? I'd be willing to take on gerbil eaters since like ASFRs, gerbils produce very little odor. The sooner I can phase out my rats, the happier I'll be.

Are gerbils banned in some parts of the country?

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

I've never fed Gerbils, won't ever (illegal here in Cali), and I don't see why most people would. There are a great number of better alternatives (aka ASFR).

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Illegal to feed gerbils or to possess? I'd think any authoritarian government that banned gerbils would ban other rodents including ASFRs.

they are illega cuz some cows were eaten by a giant heard af girbils crazy huh

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

So you are generalizing an entire species due to one animal who responded that way? I'm sorry, but that is no proof of anything... :D

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i am not sayig all gerbils are the same i am just saying they all produce a scent that seems to give the snake a stronger feeding reaction.

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Originally Posted by JeffFlanagan

Illegal to feed gerbils or to possess? I'd think any authoritarian government that banned gerbils would ban other rodents including ASFRs.

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Yes, it is illegal to own, posses, feed, etc Gerbils here in California. Same goes with ASFRs.

I don't own or use either. :D