Leave them together until she has babies, then remove male. When babies are weaned put male pup with father/male. If females are young a first litter together will be ok . Problems usually occur later when they are older. Gary. http://home.talkcity.com/StudioDr/go5/ Hi, thanks for answering so quickly! This means that they will both have a litter. I don't know if I can find houses for so many gerbs, how many can I expect for the first litter? Thanks Sarah ___________________________ Sarah - The reason, I said leave them together, is because of the possibility, that she won't have babies and the difficulty in reintroducing older gerbils to each other. Also, at this time it might be hard to tell their genders. In gerbil society the dominate female is the breeding female, others will have their hormones suppressed. This doesn't aways occur though. These are your choices-- (2 females/1 male) 1) Remove male now, then place a male pup with him. If female does not have babies you will have to obtain a male pup. 2) Leave male until babies are born, this will give you two litters (with same mother) and a pup cagemate provided all are not females.(10 day old females have dots on belly) Also, since it can be difficult to tell genders apart. You might remove a female thereby leaving you with a lone female, and a pair. It can be hard to introduce females when they are older. Gerbils have 1-8 pups usually 5-6 is the average. If the parents are spotted/pied the litters will average 3-4. Gary. http://home.talkcity.com/StudioDr/go5/
