At 02:02 PM 7/6/00 -0400, HertGerb wrote:
>Hi, I have 3 gerbils, 2 males and 1 female, and I was wondering if it's
>possible for the pups in the litter to have different fathers?
>I was told yesterday that it was possible for dogs and cats.
Undoubtedly, if they both mate with her. Multiple infants in a litter
means multiple ovulations. if more than one male mates with a female,
it give ample opportunity for the eggs to be fertilized with sperm
from either.
We had a dog when I was growing up where this happened. She
was a purebred Samoyed (or however you spell it), and we bred her
to another purebred. However, a male cocker spaniel also got into
the mix. She had four purebred puppies and three mixes. :)
Michelle
Flutist
