Hi Sarah -- separate all the girls from the boys. Let mom have the one litter.
Move all the boy pups in with you adult male when they are six weeks old. Leave
all the female pups in with mom, when they are about 9-10 weeks pick one to
introduce (split cage method, slowly and carefully) to your lone female. Then
leave the other female pups in with mom. I personally have not had any problem
with female clans larger then two when made up of mom and girl pups. I suppose
it depends on the nature of your gerbils -- might are very gerbil-gentle. You
also should keep the girl tanks in a seperate room from the boy tank, to remove
that reason for quarrelling.
Three tanks should be a manageable clan. Best of luck,
Donna
ABC Gerbils
http://www.geocities.com/abcgerbils/home.html
Leenknegt wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> 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. 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?
> 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.
> 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.
> 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
