Gerbil Update

[Jay_Bunny]

Ok, so I have a single pair of breeding gerbils. The female is a black and white, and the male is a gray and white. They had a litter of 6 last week and the babies are a week old. They are just getting their fur in and are so soft. I can't tell sexes yet, but it seems to be an even spread of black and whites and gray and whites, though there is a baby that looks to be solid gray, so I might keep that one. I plan on keeping at least 2 from this litter anyway. Pictures to come as soon as I can take some. Every time I try and take a pictures of the babies, the male steps in and shields them from the camera.

[Jay_Bunny]

So we have 4 black and whites, 1 gray and white, and 1 solid gray. We are going to keep the solid gray whether or not it is female and then keep another female. Can't sex them yet. Its too hard to tell.

[STORMS]

Congrats on the babies!!! Can't wait to see pics

[Jay_Bunny]

I tried getting pictures the other day but the papa gerbil kept getting in the way of the camera. Now I can't find my camera again. Rah! But they are cute little buggers.

[Jay_Bunny]

Found my camera. It was on the floor????

Entire Litter


The one we are keeping


Mom and Dad


As you can see, the male is very protective of his litter. I actually tried taking several pictures of the litter in the cage and he would block them from view just like that every time.

[STORMS]

SQUEEEEEE!!!! Utter CUTENESS!!!!


Glad you found your camera! They are flippin adorable!!!!

[Jay_Bunny]

They are very adorable. Its going to be hard choosing the other female to keep. The others are destined to be food. But such is the way of life. If that other gray one is a girl then I might keep that one. I'm keeping at least two females so it if the solid gray is a boy, then I'm keeping two others.

[snakelady]

So your balls eat gerbils instead of mice or rats.
Just curious, how you changed them over and why?

[Jay_Bunny]

No, my snakes eat mice and rats. My ferrets eat gerbils. They are on a raw/whole prey diet, and I plan on introducing them to gerbils as soon as this litter is grown. (And please don't get on me about the ferret's diet. We had a whole debate about it in another thread and I'm done defending my ferrets' diet)

[snakelady]

oh, I see.