Post by kmmg72 on Apr 25, 2009 12:42:05 GMT
Last year I sadly lost one of my two boys. After a couple of weeks I found two more boys to introduce to him and after a while they all settled down together.
I have now had all 3 together a year. Unfortunately I never questioned their sex and it turns out both new boys were girls and I now have 7 babies born 1st week in April.
I separated dad as soon as I saw first baby and re-introduced him 3 days later. Everything is going really well, the babies feed from either mother, eating grown-up food, play fighting etc. However, dad is now waking early every morning and squeaking for at least 30mins. I've also noticed him trying to mount champ (mummy no2). Is this just dominance is is he trying to mate again? If he is trying to mate is she likely to be fertile?
I am waiting for a second large tank as I plan to keep all the babies (separated by sex!) and don't want to risk either girl getting pregnant again especially so soon after giving birth.
Also hs anyone any idea why nothing happened for nearly a year and then both girls got pregnant? Sage (daddy) is probably about 4yrs and the girls are at least 2yrs.
The store I got the girls from was really awful, one girl has cataracts and they didn't notice them, that should have given me a clue about checking their sex but I couldn't have left them there no matter what!
I have now had all 3 together a year. Unfortunately I never questioned their sex and it turns out both new boys were girls and I now have 7 babies born 1st week in April.
I separated dad as soon as I saw first baby and re-introduced him 3 days later. Everything is going really well, the babies feed from either mother, eating grown-up food, play fighting etc. However, dad is now waking early every morning and squeaking for at least 30mins. I've also noticed him trying to mount champ (mummy no2). Is this just dominance is is he trying to mate again? If he is trying to mate is she likely to be fertile?
I am waiting for a second large tank as I plan to keep all the babies (separated by sex!) and don't want to risk either girl getting pregnant again especially so soon after giving birth.
Also hs anyone any idea why nothing happened for nearly a year and then both girls got pregnant? Sage (daddy) is probably about 4yrs and the girls are at least 2yrs.
The store I got the girls from was really awful, one girl has cataracts and they didn't notice them, that should have given me a clue about checking their sex but I couldn't have left them there no matter what!
