Hi Meg --
> My gerbil has a bloody nose and I cont figure out where it came from. I
> dont think they fight. I use aspen as bedding, theres a coconut, a plasic
> house, and a timber town. One of them has had a litter but I really dont
> think has anything to do with it.
Two or three people recently have had gerbil bloody nose problems, it these
cases some sort of allergic reaction seemed to be the problem: for example --
> A couple of days ago I posted about one of my gerbils who has a bloody
> nose. I changed the bedding from aspen to Carefresh, and removed a PVC
> pipe toy that I thought he may have been scratching or cutting his nose
> on. Since I made these changes, his nose is almost back to normal. The
> reason I bring this up is that I have noticed his cagemates paying a lot
> of attention to his nose, but since it's getting better rather than
> worse, I have to assume that either the bedding or the toy was the
> problem, and the other gerbils may look like they're biting his nose,
> but are actually just grooming him and paying special attention to his
> nose because it's a little bit scabbed over.
> How long after giving birth can a female become pregnat again?
Gerbils breed the night of the birth, but the gestation is longer with a
second litter when the mom is raising the first. For my gerbil the gestation
was 34 days (almost 5 weeks); I've also hears of second litters as soon as
four weeks after giving birth.
> This is
> the same aquarium I have 3 males one of which is the sick one. ( before I
> thought I had 4 males but the other day my dad saw pups).
> When the pups are weened how can I introduce the mother to another female
> whos by herself? The pups have opened their eyes so I think they shoud be
> weened in a few weeks right?
You might just want to keep the mom with one of her female pups as a pair. If
you want to introduce two adult females though it has to be done gradually and
carefully. See these sights for a description of a "split cage method" to
introduce two gerbils.
http://www.netherworld.com/~mhaines/gerbil.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9792/care.html
>
> Thanks for the help Im new at the whole gerbil thing
> Meg
Good luck to you and your growing clan -- Donna A.
>
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