This is not just normal, it is GOOD. What he is doing is making sure the
babies properly digest their food and can pass it through their systems.
Don't worry!
Hilary
-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 12:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Male (father) gerbil and pups
Hey-
Okay, yesterday I noticed that my male gerbil(the father) seemed to be
nipping and chewing at the baby gerbil pup's legs. At first I thought he was
attacking them, though the babies weren't sqeaking at all. I didn't want to
risk anything so I put the male in a separate cage by himself. He was so sad
in there! I gave him another chance with the mom and the pups. Any-hoo, it
turned out that he wasn't biting, but licking at the pup's bottoms. Is this
normal? I know with dogs the mother will do that so the baby puppies can go
to the bathroom. But do gerbils do that too? Should I still separate the
father from the pups(the dad ,Leo, was looking pretty aggresssive the first
time.)
-Rachel and the rest of the Puji Puji gang,
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