I wouldn't be worried about it just yet. I got some gerbils from a breeder (Hi
Emily) and their mom didn't breed until she was 5 months, and the two I got
were a little over 5 months and still didn't mate before the male died. It may
just take time. You might want to move them to a closet or someplace dim, as
they may feel it's too crowded where their cage is in and don't want to have
pups.
Paige
Kathwynn Sunfire wrote:
> <sipped a bit>
>
> MM
>
> About the following....
>
> I hope I do not offend you with this suggestion - but have you checked to
> make sure they are not the same sex? This happened to us twice! One time our
> "breeding pair" turned out to be two females and the second time two males.
> You have probably been at this breeding business longer than we have so are
> also more adept at the sexing but I offer this suggestion anyway.
>
> BB
> Kathwynn, Cecelia and The MossFlower Clan
>
> Violet & Erroll are coming up on 5 months & they
> >haven't had
> >any babies yet, though. I'm wondering if there might be something wrong? Do
> >some gerbs just take a long time to mature?
> >
> >thanks,
> >Rebecca...
> >in Bryan, Texas
> >
> >P.S. I put up some more baby pictures of my schimmel/silver schimmel cross
> >babies at http://people.tamu.edu/~rda3507/silver.html -- their eyes are
> >open now. =)
>
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