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pregnant gerbil

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Question
I think one of my two gerbils might be pregnant and i don't have a boy but when i got her (around Christmas) she was with her two brothers and her sister. I don't no how long it takes for them to give birth and the gerbils are in separate cages because they don't get along but I'm working on that with a cage separator.
                         please help!  ,Leah  

Answer
Hi Leah,

Good on you for trying the cage separator, hope it works!!!
I think it is unlikely she is pregnant, as they only take 24 days to give birth. Was it in december or January they were together? If it was december then i would say definitely not, but if it was January then work out the week roughly and count 24 days forward, and this will be the week she should be due if pregnant!

Hope this helps!!
Charlie.
xx