>Mum and dad and little girl made babies, and as mum was tempermental and
>liked to ignore one of the babies in each litter, I could foster it with
>little daughter.
>
>Except for dad going on a baby-eating rampage with the last litter I ever
>allowed him to start, it worked out fine. But there was that baby-eating
>rampage, poor wee things! Better get more info from ppl who have done this
>more than I :)
I prefer pairs. No infighting, no pup stealing, and less of a chance
of pups being destroyed.
Even in hamsters, the few social breeds, a pair works best. There
is just so much less competition and infighting....
In both, if the females have had a few litters together (at the same
time), then one skips getting pregnant, it will often beat up the
other female, steal all the babies, then the babies will die because
that female can't nurse OR the real mom or the father step in and
fight with that female and destroy the pups.
With gerbils, three males works...three females won't after awhile,
and mixing sexes doesn't work unless there's only two. From
my experience.
Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch
