At 05:10 PM 8/3/00 -0400, Janet Morrow wrote:
>Hi all,
>I have two questions:
>
>1.) I have a male gerbil that is getting very fat. At this time he is
>housed with his mate, and their pups. Because she needs the extra nutrition
>while pregnant and nursing I am not able to cut back on the tank food.
>
>Is there any thing I can do to help him lose weight? Probably not.
I have had this problem before. What I did was give the male extra
exercise outside the tank. I gave the female some of the more fattening
tidbits while he was out exercising or while she was out on her turn.
>2.) I have two litters of pups. One litter was born on June 29th and the
>other on July 5th. I will be taking the older litter out of the family tank
>this weekend. They are currently five weeks old. I will be taking the
>younger litter out next weekend when they are five weeks old. I plan on
>keeping the pups for several weeks to make sure they adjust well.
>
>Can I place two separate litters in the same 33 gallon tank? (6 and 5 weeks
>old)
At that age, I can't see that being a problem. I don't know that you could
keep them that way for several weeks, though, you might run the risk of
some of them maturing and deciding to reproduce! I think it's usually 10
weeks old but I can't remember for sure ... someone will know surely. :)
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