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Breeding Gerbils

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Question
Hi,
  I have two male gerbils and am thinking of buying two females. I would like them to have one litter. I have two seperate cages so i can seperate males from females. But, would the male who is not the father eat the male babys? If so, do you have any suggestions?

Answer
Hi,

It would not be a good idea to put all these gerbils together, and it will be hard to take one male and give him time to mate with a female and then get him to go back peacefully with the other male. How were you planning on doing this? If you email me back with your plan and i will let you know if you can do it, or what you should do!!!

Look forward to hearing from you,
Charlie