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From: "Jill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: trying again
> If your intention is to breed, you should limit your set up to 1
> male-1female pairs only. When the females breeding cycles get out of sync
> and one has pups while the other doesn't, the gerbil without pups is
> likely to kill the other mother's pups. Gerbil colonies should have only
> one breeding female, as females are the dominant sex of the species.
> Jill
>
>
I think the setup was with two males and one female, but I still agree it
should be one & one. Too much potential for the males to fight over the
female. It's a better situation than two females and one male, but I still
wouldn't risk it.
