In a message dated 06/27/2000 11:20:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Okay, yesterday I noticed that my male gerbil(the father) seemed to be
nipping and chewing at the baby gerbil pup's legs. At first I thought he was
attacking them, though the babies weren't sqeaking at all. I didn't want to
risk anything so I put the male in a separate cage by himself. He was so sad
in there! I gave him another chance with the mom and the pups. Any-hoo, it
turned out that he wasn't biting, but licking at the pup's bottoms. Is this
normal? I know with dogs the mother will do that so the baby puppies can go
to the bathroom. But do gerbils do that too? Should I still separate the
father from the pups(the dad ,Leo, was looking pretty aggresssive the first
time.)
>>No, this is a very good thing, its normal for the father to be doing that.
~~~( 3:> Mary <:3 )~~~
