I have a related question about separated pups, and whether there is the danger
of them getting chilled and dying.
My gerbil has a first litter of two, now 8 days old. She has a primary nest,
but occasionally moves them to a secondary nest. Yesterday one pup was in the
main nest (with the mother) and the other in the secondary nest alone; when I
picked up that pup she felt cool to the touch and was not moving much.
I was very concerned; I put her back with her brother and borrowed our leopard
gecko's 40 watt plant light as a heat lamp for about a half hour and watched her
until she started kicking and squirming again. (Today everyone is fine and back
together in the main nest.)
Was I just completely over reacting? or do you need to check-in on the pups and
reunite one should it get separated?
Spela Marin�i� wrote:
> In the 'nest' are now 6 pups, but I found 2 of them in the other corners of
> aquarium. Mother did not care, if they were not by others. Father was all
> the time in the nest, while mother was diging in the corner. I saw she was
> nervous. I think she will make a nest somewhere else. How can I know, that
> all the pups will be carried into the new nest?
