Absolutely not! She should remain on her own from now on, or be paired with
another adult female if you don't intend to breed her. She has just grown up
is all. Her hormones have probably just kicked in and she realized that
these pups weren't her own. Female gerbils are notorious for killing pups
which are not theirs. If a gerbil is smaller than her she will think it is a
pup and attack. So, be sure to pair her up with another gerbil of the same
size.
Cinthia A. Dunn-Izquierdo
The Izzy Clan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anastasia Cheeseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:46 AM
Subject: emergency!
> 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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