From: "Lillian Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> How do I know that my gerbil will go into labor. Plus I have two
> pregnant females in the same cage, well actually they have two 10 gallon
> aquariums that are connected, but do I need to separate them or should
> they be fine with their pregnancies.
>
> Lillian,
> Boo's Gerbil Federation
>
IMHO these questions would be answered easily at two websites used by many
people:
Gerbil FAQ at
http://www.netherworld.com/~mhaines/gerbil.html
and NGS Index at
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
Those two sites certainly reduced my ignorance, both before and after pups
were born.
Personal experience about two pregnant females. Mine got along fine but
both were young and with first litters. After they each had 6 healthy
pups they commingled them in a nest, and were even nursing pups with out
regard for whose pup it was. So I wondered about leaving that happy
community rather than separating females with their litters. GML
discussed it, pro and con. Elizabeth Heckert clinched it for me: "Why
take the chance?" (Yes -- that's exactly the quote I mentioned in the
Great Shipping Debate.)
