I've found that some females will not conceive if they are housed with
more than one male. (Of course this is not always the case.) When I had
Gracie sent to me, she was living with two males, and though mating had
been observed, no pups were forthcoming. When I separated out one of the
males, the couple mated within days and had pups in normal gestation. I
had two additional females that displayed the same pattern.
>Good question
>Perhaps, these grew up together? I once had >a trio whereby the female
drove off and >attacked one male(Creamy).
However, some people report purchasing pregnant adult female gerbils
living in pet store tanks with multiple males.
>Dominate female was sold causing others to
>come into heat?
>I guess the common denominator in these two >situations would be -
>Removing gerbils increases the hormones >needed for proper fertility.
Also, related to the >dominate subordinate hierarchy.
What theories are there regarding these differing situations?
MScottMGP
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