When do the baby gerbils start to leave their nest?


Posted January 14th, 2009 by admin 4 Comments »
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evecoats asked:


We have 8 twelve day old baby gerbils and we were wondering at what age the mom and dad gerbils allow the babies to leave the nest? When should I put the water bottle down low for them to reach and should I block off the tubes in the cage? Please answer quickly!

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Any ideas on how to make a baby bottle for a baby rat?


Posted January 14th, 2009 by admin 13 Comments »
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Marie asked:


I’ve been hand feeding a baby rat that got seperated from its mommy. It’s been with me since Saturday. I’m using baby bird formula and feeding it with my finger and I let it lick it but it takes so long and it’s really messy. It ends up drenched with formula. Any ideas on how to make a small baby bottle for it to suck on? The ones from the pet store are too big.
Syringes are too big as well. They don’t stock the really small ones in the pharmacy in town.

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