In a message dated 3/20/00 4:31:34 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Chris Keil wrote:
> You don't. Odd but true, gerbils have been procrating for hundreds of
> thousands of years without any assistance from anyone. Even before the
> invention of the gerbil wheel and aquariums. So I wouldn't be real
> concerned about it, since the gerbil mother can pretty well handle
things...
>
> C. Keil, kinda tired of threads like this. >>
YES your right... but you also have to keep in mind that those gerbils were
BORN in the wild and have learned from their parents how to raise litters.
it is true that animals in captivity lose some of the skills that are learned
from parents in the wild. threads like this aren't wrong at all... they jus
bring up discussion . i don't know much about gerbil behavior, but there are
also in experienced mothers that might not know what to do the first time, so
a question of how to help them is perfectly plausible, in my opion.
