Pups have arrived!!

I came home from work yesterday to find 5 pink, wiggly pups in Maddie and McGee's tank! Mom and Dad are doing great so far. They were both in their house most of the evening keeping the pups warm and together. I gave them some special treats, which they each took turns coming out to snack on. They both seem like they will be very doting parents. I'm so excited to have pups again. It has been over 8 months since I've had little ones popcorning around the tank. I can't wait for them to start getting their coloring in good. I wonder how many will have Maddie's light coloring and how many will have McGee's dark, rich coloring. Below are a 2 pictures I snapped real quick with my phone. I didn't want to disturb Mom too much since this is her first litter.

**Please note that I already have 2 boys from this litter reserved for Stephanie T.

Gerbil pups!

I was contacted recently by someone who has a pair of gerbils that were believed to be the same sex, until she was surprised with 3 little pups. She has now separated mom and the girls from dad and the boys. Unfortunately it was too late to prevent a second litter. A couple of weeks ago, the mom had 6 more pups. There are five black and one Dark-eyed honey. Since she is not a breeder and these pups were accidental, I am trying to help her find good homes for them. She won't know the sexes until they are at least five weeks old. She spends alot of time with the babies and they are very friendly. They will hop into your hand and run up your arm when you put it in the tank with them. If you are wanting to get a pair of friendly, healthy gerbils, but don't want to wait for my next litter to be ready(which will be near the end of January) please consider adopting from this adorable litter. You can contact me and I will get in touch with the young lady who has them.

**Please note that I am posting this as a courtesy to the young lady that has the accidental litter. She really wants these pups to go to good homes. She is not a gerbil breeder. I have not actually seen the gerbils in person, but have heard from her as to how friendly and active they are. I have seen pictures of them and they look to be very healthy and bright-eyed.

Update on Split Cage

After just one week in the split cage, we were able to introduce Maddie and McGee! There was never any aggression between them, so we decided to remove the split this weekend. I'm glad to report that everything went smoothly. Once the split was removed, McGee immediately went to Maddie and started grooming her. We watched them for about thirty minutes to make sure everything was going okay, then left them alone to calm down and get to know one another. We went to check on them after about two hours, and was surprised to find them already mating, We should be having beautiful Burmese pups sometime between December 4th and 10th. With this being Maddie's first litter, she will probably have a small litter that will be mostly males. Please email me if you are interested in reserving her pups! I already have a couple of people on my reserve list. We haven't disturbed them to take any pictures of their introduction today, but below are pictures of them during their split cage. As you can see, McGee was trying to groom her through the wire in one of the pictures.