>A few minutes ago, my mother said to me: Is that little grey guy not a bit
>fatter than the other two?
>The man we bought them from had said to me they were all boys, and he
really
>knew about gerbils. I'm sure about that. So I thought, must be the dominant
>one. But I decided, lets just check, you never know. And now I have two
>sisters in with their brother.
Sexing mistakes happen.
>And I'm sure about that. They are 8-9 weeks,
>so I hope I am in time to prevent worse things from happening. I never saw
>them mate.
>What should I do? I know I can't put two pregnant females together, but
what
>about one female and her pregnant sister? Could this work?
It might because they're both young. Oftentimes when one wants to
split a breeding pair, one leaves a five or six week old female pup
in with the mother to help her raise the last litter and take ou the father.
The juvenile will help raise the last litter the mother has, and the mother
doesn't get rebred again.
>I haven't got any other gerbs I can pair one up with, so one of them will
>have to be alone for a while. I have a breeder in my area, so I might get
>one from him.
Doublecheck the sexing :) I always do on any stock I get in.
>I really hope she (my God, that sounds so weird) isn't pregnant yet, I gave
>up on having pups, cause I can't find good homes for them here and with
>their epileptic problems it's not a very good idea.
<nods> The male isn't experienced, you might luck out. If he'd
already fathered a few litters (i.e, weeks older) he might have done
the job already, and also forced the females to mature faster (it
seems with a mature experienced male, a young female may
come into cycle as early as six weeks.)
You might be lucky.
Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch
>For the moment they are still together, so can you please answer as fast as
>possible what I should do!
>THANK YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH!!
>Sarah
The male is out, right? You're talking about the two females being
together yet?
