Hi Staci --
Two mature females together when one has pups is a
very risky set up likely to lead to pups being
attacked or killed. Gerbils are a matriarchical
society -- only one mature female to a breeding clan.
Sounds like you intervened just in time. Removing the
other female was the right thing to do.
Do not put her back in the tank with the mom & pups!
If you don't have a water bottle you can use an apple
or carrot or celery for water for a day. But it
sounds like you'll have to go pet store shopping right
away to give the lone female adequate housing.
Donna
ABC Gerbils
--- Anastasia Cheeseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
> I just woke up and heard an noise coming from my
> gerbil cage. I checked and
> Two-Bit was attacking the baby gerbils! Two-Bit is
> not the mother but she
> was living with the mom when the mom had the babies.
> The babies are three
> weeks old today (there are 3 babies) and two just
> opened their eyes
> yesterday. Two-Bit was living peacefully with them
> for this long, she was
> almost a better mom then their mom! I have a
> problem though. To separate
> her, I had to put her in the empty aquarium I was
> planning to move the whole
> family to (as soon as I got a lid for it) So
> two-bit is in there with no
> food dish, water bottle, and a towel for a lid!
> But why was two-bit attacking the babies?
> Can I put her back in the cage w/the babies & Mom
> after a few hours of
> "solitary confinement"?
> HELP!
>
> Thank you in advance
> Staci
>
>
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