Careful! Young female gerbils can get pregnant as early as 7 weeks (or
6 maybe?) when an older male is there and no older female.
Spela Marincic wrote:
> my 1 year old male accepted 4 young gerbils (6 weeks old) to his tank
> - NO PROBLEMS.
> he thinks he is their father... but not for long, cause there are only
> young females. :-) so i will split them soon.
>
> Good luck!
> Spela
>
>
>
> Charlie Blum wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From:Mike Dolan
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:52 PM
>> Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP
>> I had two gerbils in a single tank and the father
>> recently passed away and I
>> know that a gerbil cannot stay alone or their lifespan
>> will decrease. He is
>> one year old and a little heavy and he looks to be eating
>> less. I need help
>> on what kind of a gerbil I could introduce him to. Should
>> it be one his age
>> or younger? I am just completely clueless. The women at
>> the pet store said
>> that it was better to get an older one but I didn't think
>> so. Please help me
>> out on this before it is to late. Any response on my
>> situation will be
>> greatly appreciated. Thanks you should introduce the
>> male to a baby gerbil 7-10 weeks I heard that males accept
>> babies more than the females do I do not know if this is
>> true but that is what I heard. when you do get the new
>> gerbil always do the split cage method. -good
>> luck ~*Jenny
>> Blum*~
>>
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