----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:41
AM
Subject: Re: Not Plump Yet.
Gerbils can hold off their pregnancies after mating. For
example, gestation is five weeks, however, it generally takes six weeks before
a litter is kicked out of the nest. Therefore, even though the mom and
dad mated right after delivery, she will not implant the embryos until later,
maybe one or two weeks. Also, gerbils will not show pregnancy until a
few days before delivery.
Today, one of my females had a litter of three. Just
yesterday I noticed a very slight rounding of the abdomen. I had thought she
would be another week or two before downloading, a military term ;), her
litter.
Cinthia A. Dunn-Izquierdo
The Izzy Clan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:57
PM
Subject: Not Plump Yet.
I have two gerbils
and they mated the 3 of this month..My gerbil still isnt
plump yet and
its almost due date. Why not? Is she not pregnant?
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Ashley
Faerie Kiss Gerbils
http://www.angelfire.com/my/rockingerbils/enter.html
