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Post by RitzieAnn on Mar 6, 2008 10:15:47 GMT -8
As I'm sure many of you notice, there are a lot of questions along the lines of "what does a pregnant gerbil look like" or "Is she eating her babies!?" Well, the mod team and I have gotten together to try and make a guide through pregnancy, birth and pup development..
[edit, note by markpd, the last picture is a bit grim, lol, if you're squeamish don't look at it!]
Since every female (of any species) will carry her young differently, we're showing you many different pregnant girls, in stead of just one.   Stretching in labor   Bending to pull out a pup. You can see dad trying to play with the baby. It's ok. Most dad gerbils are very good parents.  No, she's not eating the baby. It's just the after birth. This is normal, and natural.   |
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Post by Jill on Mar 6, 2008 15:41:23 GMT -8
No pics are showing up Ritz :-P
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Post by RitzieAnn on Mar 6, 2008 15:56:39 GMT -8
I know. I've not gotten that far yet. I'm resizing and stuff  |
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Post by Shooting Star on Mar 23, 2008 9:40:58 GMT -8
Do you want mating pics in this, or should we have a thread that shows that, or maybe not?
I can get a sequence of Cloud at "not pregnant" - Day 11 - Day 18 - Day 24 if you want. I'm eventually gonna make a gerbil breeding/development page on my site, so I'll make the sequence anyway. Didn't know if you wanted it in this thread though, since you were showing a variety instead of a sequence.
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Post by RitzieAnn on Mar 23, 2008 9:42:51 GMT -8
Mating... lol. Sure. I don't care. I'd like to add to the bahavior faq a pic of "dominance mounting" and a pic of actual mating... since they're actually different.
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Post by RitzieAnn on Jan 31, 2012 21:00:19 GMT -8
BUMP! Lol.
So I'd like to post this... finally. Did you guys have any mating vs dominance mounting pics?
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Post by Markpd on Jan 12, 2023 12:58:04 GMT -8
After just discovering this thread, I think it's plenty good enough to move it to the FAQ, it's wasted in the Mod FAQ build section!
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