Usually you separate the parents with a offspring of the same gender. To
prevent more litters. You can remove the female instead of the male, but
since she may be due again its less stressful on her if you remove all
babies with dad. It also helps to leave one daughter with mom to help
raise next litter. Its not recommended to have the female alone because
if she doesn't have babies it will be difficult to introduce her to a
companion. males are more willing to accept babies as new companions. In
Gerbil society females run the colony.
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