In Reply to: A Few Questions posted by Eileen on May 13, 1999 at 15:17:12:

: Our new joey is 9 weeks old now and I was wondering when I should separate him form the parents? We plan on keeping him and introducing him to our adult female (Roscoe).
: Also, in a past posting I read that females should have a rest between liters. Is this true? Should she (Matilda) be removed from the cage or should the male (Foster) be removed? I would have thought that they would miss each other if I separated them. Please advise.

: Thanks!
We have left babies with their parents until they were full
grown with no problems of any kind.
We do not separate our breeders unless a problem comes up.
We've only had to do it twice in five yrs, both times, the
males were too rough with their females and hurt them.
The females both recovered and were given new mates. The
males were given new mates and there've been no more problems.
They do take 'breeding breaks' on their own, sometimes for
months at a time.

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