Should you remove the manly gerbil when the pups are born?
if you remove the male wont the male be lonely for a while. will the mom enjoy a stressful time raising the babies by herself if you remove the male. whether your a gerbil breeder in holland michigan usa tell me because i will buy a gerbil from you. give me email and stuff.
Most ancestors leave the male in because he help the mom raise the litter by keeping the babies warm. Don't have a clue what those populace are saying about their babies dying. They probably were trying to put their swing in there and take the babies out or they be stressing out the parents.
Gerbils are the best parents as far as rodents go, they gained strong relationships with respectively other and its hard to break it. It would be hard on the male and womanly. I would leave the male in during the labor see what he does, whether he seems aggressive immedietly take out the male and put him within a new cage. I know a great breeder in Dundee, MI.
You could also buy one from a small pet store. Maybe seize two incase you decide to re-introduce the female and male.
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You don't have to. If the male seem fine with the pups after a few hours, you should have no problem. Gerbils love to live in colonies. They are not close to hamsters. If their male gerbils are eating the pups, they're doing something wrong as owners. Males will not eat the pups unless he feel they are threatened, or the cage is way over populated and too small. If this is the case of other peoples gerbils, they should not enjoy let them breed because they're poor pet owners. If a gerbil feels threatend by their owner, they aren't being taken pen of, or are a new pet.
Your male gerbil should be fine with the womanly and pups. Separating the male and female will depress both adults, as they are bonded. Gerbils have be known to keep a single mate their entire lives. Gerbils are happiest in groups.
YES! He ate the babies when my female birthed hers! So desperate!
The male might be lonely for a little while. I would seperate them for a few weeks. The male might munch through the pups. The female wont have a more difficult time raising them, it might be smaller quantity stressful for her if the male is gone, one less entity to deal with. The male really have no help in raising the babies.
Yes he will possibly hurt the babies and will mate back next to the female. You do not want this. Put his cage next the her so he can see her. He will get the drift why you took him out.
You should have removed him when she get pregnant!! Obviously your a stupid breeder and knows nothing. Dont put in to the population of gerbils when there already hundreds in shelters.
Answers: YESSS YESS YESSS and YESS again. masculine grbils are very teritorial and if he would ever get annoyed by any of his pups he will try to put away them. i sugget keeping him in a seperate cage while mum takes thinking of her pups for the next couple of weeks.
remove the mail he will eat the pups
REMOVE THE MALE IMMEDIATELY! Male Gerbils are territorily threatened, and whether it's mate pays ANY amount of attention to the pups, the male will become agressive.
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