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This page is mostly fun stuff about gerbil pups from the
unique situation from the fostering....
Tater my supermom took the six 6.5 day old pups that got
attacked. Unfortunately despite her care the two worst off
ones, two little blacks, were too slashed up to make it.
The other four, with a few 'alone with Tater sessions' thrived.
One of the little pied blacks, 12 days old, went looking
for mom and caught up with her and helped himself. Notice
*her* expression....[L] Spud is a veteran Gerbil Daddy...[Below]
He raised a step litter with Tater (she came in preggers)...his
own, the foster litter...
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| And one more that Tater was carrying.
He went to vet though and 8 days post here from being neutered.
He can sleep through anything, he was just hurtled by several
rampaging pups and didn't move. |
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Spud is not dead, just looks it. That's his
paws center and his mouth and nose and teeth to the right.
The one on his throat is one of the foster pups and all but
one of the foster pups is in this pile. That one went and
found Tater (see above). Topmost center pup is the light pied
nutmeg that lost her eye sometime in day 15 (looks like puncture
and not a fight) right after she was photographed. That is
her missing eye side. |
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| A moment later, they all sacked out. One pied
foster pup is on Spud's throat, the other is the white in
the black top center back. You can't see them but every pup
is in this pile and Tater is sprawled elsewhere taking a few
minutes off. |
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| Hope you enjoyed a few fun moments of the foster pup saga. The
older pups were maturing quickly even before the foster was done,
with three having their eyes open at 16 days! Yesterday I caught
the darker pied and the lightest solid nutmegs paired up to get
the waterbottle to work, drinking in tandem. I am hoping tomorrow
at day 23 to install a divider and put Spud and any pup caught drinking
over there to help take the pressure off Tater and keep her milk
producing long enough for the foster pups. I will do a split cage
where I switch sides daily, so that when the last pup comes off
Tater, Spud can go back to help her raise her last litter. She may
not get any time off this time so I have to watch her carefully.
I also expect with ten pups on her that the in-utero litter will
be very delayed. [update, I did all that, and the impact on the
last litter was dramatic as mentioned elsewhere] |
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