Oh yeah, and...

[shadesong]

Woody - now named Lexi - popped again.

Yeah. More baby gerbils. At least 5. She was nursing 'em, so I couldn't really tell.

*sigh*

So. Do me a favor? Atlanta-area people with kids? See if your kids' school/preschool needs class pets? Because we have 7 ready to go like right now, and will have more in 6 weeks...

(yes, there were 8 original babies; one's spoken for.)

Comments

[ga-sunshine.livejournal.com]

OH....MY....more, eh? Goodness! You really DO have your hands full!

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Since neutering isn't really practical on a beastie that size, I think you need to seperate those two. Evidently too much time near the rabbits in the petshop.

[branwynelf.livejournal.com]

According to the VP at my company, you CAN get any female rodent pet neutered, but he said it costs A LOT, especially when you consider what you originally paid for it. He knows coz they had their rodent (gerbil I think, may have been hamster) neutered when his kids were younger for the same reason shadesong is living.

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

You need a snake.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*shudder* No. No, I do not.

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

You need a friend with a snake, who just tells you they know lots of gerbil frindly families?

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

i thought she looked ready to pop last night... ::sigh::

[technomom]

Damn. I think I have a new model for fertility.

Definitely need to separate those adults, though. Obviously, nursing isn't effective birth control for well-fed rodents any more than it is for humans.

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

Ok, you have separated those two, right? Because the web page that somebody posted last night said that the male will re-impregnate the female right after she's given birth (geez, give the poor girl a break).

I wish we could have one! I love gerbils! They're illegal in Cali. I think I'm at my max for illegal pets. :)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Why on earth are they illegal?

We han't separated them yet. :( Didn't think she was *that* close to popping...