ralliart12
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Post by ralliart12 on Feb 13, 2016 8:25:25 GMT -8
Hi fellows. Newbie here. May I confirm the gender of the following young gerbils?: Pic #1:   Pic #2:  |
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Post by GerbilUK on Feb 13, 2016 9:01:00 GMT -8
Hiya, number 1 = boy for sure. Number 2 I would say = girl.
Are they the same age? How old are they?
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Post by ralliart12 on Feb 13, 2016 9:22:54 GMT -8
Hiya, number 1 = boy for sure. Number 2 I would say = girl. Are they the same age? How old are they? are exactly 4 months 19 days old. If they are in the same enclosure, is there a high possibility of breeding? |
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Post by fysha on Feb 13, 2016 13:57:17 GMT -8
Pic #1 is a boy, pic #2 really looks like a girl. In the same enclosure, they will breed and I would separate them asap, though there is the possibility that she could be pregnant already.
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Post by ralliart12 on Feb 14, 2016 8:48:02 GMT -8
Pic #1 is a boy, pic #2 really looks like a girl. In the same enclosure, they will breed and I would separate them asap, though there is the possibility that she could be pregnant already. I'm quite disheartened to hear that the female(s) may be impregnated already. A new litter is what I'm trying to avoid, & even more unfortunately, these 2 are siblings. |
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Post by GerbilUK on Feb 14, 2016 12:55:19 GMT -8
Yes if they are 4 months old then I would say you definitely have a boy and a girl there.
Separate them ASAP, and fingers crossed for you she isn't pregnant! I have had gerbils whose parents were siblings, I believe rodents can usually "get away" with in-breeding ie with no major ill effects to the babies.
Maybe even if there is a litter it might work out ok, you could keep a couple of boys with the dad and a daughter with the mum and perhaps rehome the others?
Hope things work out ok!
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Post by ralliart12 on Feb 17, 2016 23:26:41 GMT -8
Yes if they are 4 months old then I would say you definitely have a boy and a girl there. Separate them ASAP, and fingers crossed for you she isn't pregnant! I have had gerbils whose parents were siblings, I believe rodents can usually "get away" with in-breeding ie with no major ill effects to the babies. Maybe even if there is a litter it might work out ok, you could keep a couple of boys with the dad and a daughter with the mum and perhaps rehome the others? Hope things work out ok! I have isolated this boy from the rest of the girls. Assuming a gestation period of 28 days, can I safely say if I do not see any litter from the girls 35 days from the day of separation, that no inbred impregnation has occur? |
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