I found the picture on this site to be excellent for sexing the pups in my
first litter at 10 days (before they have belly fur), by looking for dimples
(nipples) on the girl pups:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9792/how2breed.html
My six year old was able to independently verify the genders, they were so
clear.
Good Luck, Donna A.
Bill & Fran Hall wrote:
> I have a question about sexing the babies. Do all gerbils have those sent
> glands. I see them on them all. With babies they all seem to look like the
> same sex. Are the males organs still farther apart then the female? When I
> look at the babies they all look like female to me.
> Fran
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