Gerbils having babies?

Question

my gerbils are having babies should i keep the male away from the mother and babies or can i keep the mother father and babies together

Answer 1

separate them, and then separate the mom from the babies after a few days, in my experiences left alone for too long and mom will start eating her children.

And then keep all the males in one tank and all the females in another tank or else you will end up with an explosion of gerbils......

Answer 2

My mom's gerbil had babies when she (my mom) was a kid. The gerbil had the babies and then ate them.:(

Answer 3

My hamster had babies a long time ago. If I remember right, the dad can stay until the babies are born I think. I hope this Helped.

Answer 4

The male will kill and eat the babies if the mother doesn't do it first because she feels scared.

So take the male out.

You really should have researched this before you bred them; it's simple knowledge.

Answer 5

if its her first litter then leave them together. but if u do then she will get pregnant again. but she will be stressed out if u take the male out but she may be able to raise the babies by herself or she could eat them if she gets stressd

Answer 6

Why was the male in with the female in the first place? Yes, remove the male from the female and babies. In fact, she might already be pregnant again if you left the male in, which is very unhealthy for her.

Edit: Assuming she already had the babies. If she hasn't she isn't pregnant again but will be able to become pregnant again shortly after the babies are born. So remove the male.

Answer 7

itll probably eat them

Answer 8

You can leave dad in with mom & babies if you want more babies, dad helps mom take care of the babies.  If you dont want anymore babies then you should take dad out & then when the babies are old enough to leave mom if you have boys put them in with dad and keep the girls in with mom.

Gerbils dont eat the babies unlike hamsters who eat there young.

Answer 9

Gerbil daddies are very good with the babies and take good care of them.....but they can also "take care" Mom almost immediately after birth. So it's a tough call. Do you want more babies?