I suppose each woman gerbil is as unique as a human female, Some of us might be willing to let daddy babysit a newborn right away, and others might want to wait till they see how daddy handles the situation. I wonder if once Sage has earned his experience points might Curry let him babysit sooner next time? I will have to wait to see, if they do have another litter.
Spark was allowed to babysit Skrap's pups from the same day of birth, but these two have been together since they were very young. Jade --- Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quark is the same way. On both counts. :) Evon > refuses to let him > breed with her the first 2 days after birth. But > Quark is right there > in the nest with her while she's giving birth, and > in between births > lets Evon stretch her legs while he keeps the new > little one(s) warm. > I guess it's just a rare trait. > > Einstein is not allowed in the nest for the first > few days after > Trinity has a litter. So sad to see him all curled > up in a ball on > the other side of the tank. :( > > I guess we just have some special pairs, huh? > > -Jackie & The Copper Dragon Clan > > > >My Trixie was closer to giving birth than I thought > - we now have > >three new little squeakers! One dark-eyed and two > red-eyed. I > >notice there are some different behaviors with this > particular pair. > >For one, they don't mate the day of birth. Trixie > refuses! They do > >the day after, though. And when I got up this > morning (she gave > >birth late last night) I saw Sheridan was already > in the nest with > >Trixie and the pups. I thought this rather > interesting as fathers > >usually stay away the first day. > > > >Tana and The Little Rascals > >Now at http://rascals.mybravenet.com > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com
