it only we went to an animal auction yesterday and we bought a jerboa for our animal academy and i was thinking does anyone else have them or are they rare???

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1 imperial scorpion( keano )
2 leopard gecko (el nino & el bex-angel)
2 cat fish ( shovel mouth, banjo)
1 silver dollars
4 plecs (sailfins and normal)
1 cichlid ( dont know which 1 lol)
1 german short-haired pointer (hattie)

any one ???????

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1 imperial scorpion( keano )
2 leopard gecko (el nino & el bex-angel)
2 cat fish ( shovel mouth, banjo)
1 silver dollars
4 plecs (sailfins and normal)
1 cichlid ( dont know which 1 lol)
1 german short-haired pointer (hattie)

What auction did you go to??

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1 Blue Tongue OZZY
1 Uromastyx BRUCE
3 Oscillated Skinks
12 assorted dogs
15 assorted cats
2 African Pygmy Hedgehog(Elvis & Evie)

Are they rare as a species?

Its a good question in some respects.

A few years back it seemed that the market was teeming with Jerboas, Lessers, Greaters and Four Toeds, occasionally Five Toeds.

There are probably quite a few tucked away in private collections up and down the UK, whether they be in pairs or singles, they are there. they do come up for sale, and ironically l see they now come up in auctions, which l would have said was relatively rare to begin with.

In Europe they are maintained very well albeit in much smaller enclosures than we think they should have over here - the end result in a smaller habitat is that they breed more prolifically.

Over here we tend to keep them in vast space and achieve no meaningful results.

I used to have about 3 - 4 pairs of both Lessers and Greaters, and l think l only saw results from my Greaters with not so much as a boo from my Lessers! LOL

Also, l think that because they did not produce many results for some keepers, they were sold on, moved on, bartered out, swapped over.

I do not see many sold anymore, although this is not saying they dont come up.

About a year ago someone offered me some Desert Kangeroo Rats, which turned out to be Greater Jerboas. So at times, they may be there, but research undertaken may not be optimum, and they are either sold as or swapped over as a result by someone not knowing what they were to begin with.

But are they rare to collections - probably more so now, than back in 2002 - 2005.

HTH

R

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it was a auction in clitheroe near blackburn we got it for 4 quid i think it was

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1 imperial scorpion( keano )
2 leopard gecko (el nino & el bex-angel)
2 cat fish ( shovel mouth, banjo)
1 silver dollars
4 plecs (sailfins and normal)
1 cichlid ( dont know which 1 lol)
1 german short-haired pointer (hattie)

you find alot of stuff going through the auction...was it a wednesday night?

ohh thought that was just poultry do many small animals go through it?
Clare

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there is a section just for small animals and birds like budgies, cockatiel and african greys and a GREEN WING MACAW was up for sale but didnt make the reserve :O
and yes it was wednesday night lol

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1 imperial scorpion( keano )
2 leopard gecko (el nino & el bex-angel)
2 cat fish ( shovel mouth, banjo)
1 silver dollars
4 plecs (sailfins and normal)
1 cichlid ( dont know which 1 lol)
1 german short-haired pointer (hattie)

FYI

these are now showing as available on a certain cambridge based trade suppliers stock lists..

both greater and lesser.. they are however quite a bit more than £4 and i would doubt they are uk bred..

N

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I thought it might be Clitheroe its horrid there. We bought lots of chickens finches and male Guinea pigs from there so cheap.They come with bin bags to take away the chickens for various horrible reasons

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1 Blue Tongue OZZY
1 Uromastyx BRUCE
3 Oscillated Skinks
12 assorted dogs
15 assorted cats
2 African Pygmy Hedgehog(Elvis & Evie)