Sarah Conte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>when she had this last litter. Has anyone else had this kind of experience
>with an uncommonly good mother?
>Sarah
You were very lucky. About seventeen days old mothers lose their
maternal instinct towards very young pups. Introducing pups to a mother
with her own weanling litter can result in her cannibalising the pups.
Mothers with younger litters will usually accept any pups as their own.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
