Lana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Hello, Thanks to everybody who answered to my e-mail. The new gerbil
>we got from the store had her own pups that same day (6 all together, but
>the 6th was still born), so she is now taking care of 12 pups, poor thing.
>The other female gerbil I had, Faith, took the new girl in (they did come
>from the same 'cage' in the pet store even though they were separated
>for 2 weeks) and is now helping to keep the pups warm - they take turns
>seating over them. I am concerned that when the pups will get older, the
>new gerbil will not have enough milk to feed them all, but I think we can
>help her by feeding them some kitten milk (thanks for the advise) - when
>should I start doing that? Do you think I can get something special for the
>new mommy so that she has enough nutrition to support herself and her
>babies?
> Thank you again for all your advises.
>
>Lana
Just make sure she has plenty of water and plenty of high protein food.
Peanuts would probably be good as would canary food. You might also want
to try EMP (dried granulated egg protein) which is sold for birds.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
