Jean M Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >Here's an interesting situation. It appears that my two 7 wk. old female >gerbils have made their own nest apart from the Mom's nest. They have >two of the 1 wk. old babies in their nest. I suppose they're trying to >emulate their mother, but they obviously can't provide milk for these two >babies in their nest, so I worry that the 1 wk. old babies are getting >the milk they need. Today I moved them back to the Mom's nest, because >one of the babies is not much bigger than the runt that we lost. Has >anyone else ever seen this happen? >-Jean
This is typical of the sort of thing that happens when you breed fro ma group of females. Seven weeks is a bit young for this to happen, but I would take it as a sign that you should remove the seven week old females to another tank or their, as well as the pup's safety. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
