ABCgerbils <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I was fortunate enough to see Peaches birth her litter
>of 7 last Thursday night.
>
>It brought to mind some questions:
>She seemed to be reaching beneath her and pulling out
>the pups, is that what was happening? Is that
>typical?
Yes.
>
>The father took residence by setting up his own nest
>in the diagonally opposite corner, which always
>happens with my dad's. What was interesting was that I
>assumed this was because the mother drives him away
>during the birth. It was the opposite, she had no
>problem with him hanging around, or even mating her
>between births. So why does he leave the family nest?
> Instinct?
>
Probably instinct.
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Julian
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