theresa howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >Everybody, im really sorry about asking so many questionsMy female >gerbil should be having more pups in about a week and a half. I have >pups already that are 3 weeks and 2 days. When she has her new >babies... I dont want the male and female to mate again... So I need to >remove him. Her two daughters can help her out w/ the new babies. The >male gerbil will be lonely unless I take the 2 male babies and put them >with the father but they need to stay with the mother at least until 6 weeks. > Do I make sense??? What should I do. Can the father and babies me >reintroduced in six weeks or so?? PLEASE help. >
He should accept two pups OK at 5-6 weeks. ]Males are extremely protective towards gerbils much smaller than themselves. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
