sgocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> I have four pups, about 3 weeks old. I read where I should start
> giving them prepared oatmeal to eat at 3 weeks. All they want to
> do is run through it. Is there something more appetizing that I
> should give them, or wait and see if they just need time to learn
> to eat.
They will eat normal food at just over three weeks. Bird seed, ie
linseed and millet is loved by gerbils of all agers.
>
> I know nothing about genetics and gerbils, but my 2 lighter colored
> gerbil babies seem to be doing really well, the darker ones that
> look like their mom seem to be smaller, weaker and not as shaped
> like their parents (more like little balls). Is this normal???
It is not unusual for some pups to be smaller but this normally sorts
itself out eventually as the small ones catch up in adulthood. Colour
does not normally have anything to do with it.
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Julian
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