Expecting Gerbil Pups soon!!

[SnuggleHam]

I’m so excited, my estimated time frame where I expected to see gerbil pups was around April 15th to the 20th. I am starting to notice that Sam is looking a bit fatter and I can see a bit of a belly hanging out when she stands up on her back legs.



Iv also seen her starting to gather nesting martial allot more for the nest and she seems to be resting more then usual. It’s been so long since I had baby gerbil’s yay!



I have decided to separate Orlando and Sam now to prevent them from mating again after the pups are born. I just want to be sure that I can find homes for them all before she gets pregnant again. If I decide in the end to keep them apart still I will leave a female pup with Sam and try and introduce a male pup with Orlando so each still has a cage mate.



Poor Orlando, he’s in the small 10 gallon tank because that all I have for now. But there is enough room for him and wheel and so on and I made a little tube climb area for him that comes out the top of the tank so its not tall that bad. Just a good excuse to take him out more for some ball fun!



I keep checking Sam to see if there are any little pinkies in there! So this will be the thread where I update about the babies and post pictures!