my gerbil just had a litter of four babies, and I was wondering if by any chance that is due because its the first time shes ever had babies, or if its because she might be older than I had thought?
my gerbil just had a litter of four babies, and I was wondering if by any chance that is due because its the first time shes ever had babies, or if its because she might be older than I had thought?
Gerbils generally only have 3 to 10 babies in one litter. It's normal.
Rick
k thanks bc my rats used to have around 20 or close too it
Rats do have more young, but for the young to be as healthy as they can you really don't want more young rats then 8 to 12. A mother has 8 nipples. Too many young rats means they need to fight for nutriants. Many people believe in 'culling' some of the litter if there are that many, but that's a point for a whole debate.
I cull, in the sense that if there are 20 pinky rats in a litter instead of all of them fighting for food, some of the pinkys become food early in their pinky stage. I then keep 8 to 12 that will grow quickly into larger meals.
Rick
And so says Rick the mice farmer...lol :lol:
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