In Reply to: Pregnant....again... posted by Denis on March 11, 2000 at 02:00:09:

I know nothing personally about breeding. But the two books that I have both say that intense breeding will reduce the females vigor and not gie her time to to recover completely.

Their solutions: remove the male for a couple of months or remove the female for a short period if she has had 2-3 litters in a short period of time. (One mentions placing the female with other non-breeding females for a rest period.)

I don't know how many gliders you have, but I know my gliders get upset if one is out of the cage for just a few minutes. I can sure understand your concern about separating them. But from what I have been reading, having her birth litters every couple of months is a health danger also. (Unhealthy mom or unhealthy babies.)

Hopefully, someone with personal experience in this matter will answer.

Tanya

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• Re: Pregnant....again... Carmilla 10:45:14 03/11/2000 (0)