>Hi Everyone. How are you all doing tonight? I hope well. I was just
>thinkin'...hehehe I bet half of your or more are sayin, I think to
>much...but anyways...I was wonderin' if a mommy gerbil has babies as much
>as
>she can (always pregnent) would that shorten her life? Is there any way i
>can keep Juan from mating Aveda without seperating them?
Good question! I believe this can be very true for some domestic animals.
The two gerbils I have bred seem to have regulated their own pregnancy
frequency. Angel had 3 litters, 5 weeks apart; then took a hiatus of about
1 month by refusing to mate with Norm. Then she had three litters, 5 weeks
apart. Then I seperated them. Cindy had one litter when she was very,
very young, then took a two month break by refusing to mate, then had 4
litters every 5 weeks and then refused to get pregnant again. Eventually I
seperated Cindy from Mike/Ike.
Although I am certainly not the gerbil expert that others are, I can tell
you my experience. Both Angel and Cindy occassionally took breaks from
motherhood by refusing to mate with their respective mates. I did nothing
to help or hinder them.
Hope that helps!
Deb Adams
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