I don't think there is any more I can do wrong with these gerbils. I wish I had had a clue that babies were coming so I wuold be better educated. any way, I moved speedy's kids over to crystal and moved speedy and snowflake to the aquarium and that went fine. But I guess I didn't attach the nest firmly enough and when Crystal was in nuring the 7 kids, the nest fell 8 inches. no one was hurt, but crystal decided tha she wasn't keeping the kids in there any more and ran around in a panic trying to find a new place for them and she had them moved to a very bad spot next to a 12 inch drop. So I moved the whole troup into the aquarium nest and all. she moved them out of that nest into a dish in the corner of the cage and seems to have a much easier time nursing. She is very tuned into thier squeaks so though she is spending a lot of time checking out the aquarium, she has been nursing. She seems to realize that one of speedy's kids is small and weak and kicks him to the top of the pile before sitting on them to nurse. Those two are looking better already. So now everyone is where they should ahve been to start with and hopefully the breeding and raising pups will be better from here on out. thank you for bearing with me and my ignorance. By the way, What is Molting in gerbils? I think of it as losing feathers in birds? christine
