Couldn't you just leave the apricot girl with her mom and get a new partner for the
DEH boy? It would probably be a LOT easier to pair him up than the adult female...
--Jodie
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From: "R W"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue Apr 10 18:17:45 PDT 2001
Subject: what to do with odd female?
>I have this question.
>
>I have a pair that I want to put together, an apricot
>girl and a DEH spot boy. They are both 8 weeks old as
>of now. I had been planning to put the two together
>when I first got the DEH boy, when they were about 6
>weeks old except . . . .
>
> the apricot girl is paired with her mother. I
>wasn't sure if the mom was pregnant (thought she was
>actually) and I wanted to let the apricot girl to stay
>with mom at least till the litter was a few weeks old.
> well, it appears that she isn't pregnant after all .
>. . and this brings me to the question.
>
>when I pair the apricot girl with the DEH boy, that
>leaves the mom all by herself. I don't have any other
>gerbs to pair her with, everyone else is currently in
>pairs that have been established for quite some time.
>Except the boy tank, and I don't want to pair her with
>a boy. I don't really want her to have any pups
>because I'm not real happy with her temperament. I
>know that trying to introduce females are harder than
>males, especially when they are older. This female is
>8 months old now. What I'm wondering is if it will be
>too much for her if she's alone? I don't want to wait
>much longer to pair up the younger two, since they're
>already 8 weeks old. I just don't know what to do
>with the mom. anyone have any suggestions? I
>currently have 16 gerbils all between the ages of 8
>weeks to 10 months, with 10 of them being males. I
>wouldn't be against possibly getting another female to
>pair her with, except that I've heard how people have
>so much trouble trying to introduce older females. so
>i figured I'd ask.
>
>Thanks
>Renee
>
>
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