It has not happned to me bu tfrom what i have read
they do usualy eat the dead ones. This is to keep the
nest/home clean. I hope it was not because of there
names. I could really be in trouble. See i have a pair
named Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. In greek mythology
Clytemnestra had her lover kill Agamemnon who was her
husband. Hope the gerbils dont all start taking after
there name sakes. :)
Jocie Kessinger
The Titan Clan (the Titans were all over thrown by
ther children the gods led by Zuse so I could really
be in for it)
--- Amber White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, I'm a little late in getting this piece of
> news out, but apparently my
> first litter (just two of the little critters) died.
> I know that sounds like
> I don't care at all, but it happened a few days ago,
> so I've had time to get
> over it (and besides that, they were only 2 days
> old, so I didn't even have
> enough time to grow attached to the poor
> things!)...anyway, do the parents
> usually eat their young if the babies die? I was
> checking on them the other
> day, and the babies were nowhere to be found. I
> didn't want to be too
> intrusive, so I let it go for a little while, and
> when I came back, I checked
> again. Nothing. I was still afraid to do anything,
> because I didn't want to
> upset them if their babies WERE hidden somewhere
> else, but by the next day, I
> was really worried. So I picked their bedding apart
> piece by piece, and
> there were no babies. Nothing! The only thing I
> could assume from it all
> was that the parents must have eaten them.
> Unfortunately, I don't know if
> the babies were alive or dead, but I would think
> they had died....
>
> At any rate, I was upset about that, but I'm going
> to keep a closer eye on
> the second litter, just in case Mom 'n Dad are
> turning into cannibals. ;)
> Mom picked up Hamlet (aka 'Willie') tonight, looked
> him in the eye, and said,
> "Why'd you eat your babies?" Well, it was funny at
> the time, hehe....
>
> I just hope the second litter turns out better! And
> if this sort of thing
> happens again, then I'm gonna have to either
> separate these two, or get
> Hamlet neutered. ;) I should have known better
> than to name them after such
> tragic characters..... ;o)
>
> ~*~Amber~*~
>
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