Hi, good luck with the little pups. I don't know if a
pregnant gerbil is producing milk yet and can feed the
pups. Also, you should feed gerbil pups kitten milk
(not puppy milk), though at this age they are too
little to have much success in supplemental feeding.
If you can find a gerbil with a litter she is nursing
that would be your best bet. Good luck to you, Donna
ABC Gerbils
www.abcgerbils.com
--- Svetlana Sokolova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello!
>
> My gerbil Buffy gave birth to her first litter
> today. She had 7 pups and
> then she died. We already went to the per store and
> got another pregnant
> gerbil trying to give the little newborns a mother,
> but is this all we can
> do? We tried to feed them with some puppy milk, but
> they don't seem to be
> eating. The new gerbil has built a nest and is
> seating over the pups - is
> this (7 of them) too much for her? What will happen
> to her own babies? Why
> did Buffy die? was it because she had so many pups
> or could I have done
> something to prevent it? I want to ensure that new
> gerbil (same litter as
> Buffy was) doesn't end up the same way....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lana
>
>
>
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