cj.morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>when I first kept gerbils in my youth I remember that my gerbils always
>seemed to have 8 pups in their first litter and 6 pups in successive
>litters...
>
>is the fertility of gerbils falling or are their other reasons for this, as
>nearly all the 'pup announcements' seem to show average litters to be
>smaller
>these days (and blanche only had two in her first litter)
Average has been reported as 5-6 going back to the sixties. I think this
still holds true for most populations. Of course the fertility of
individuals will vary.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
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