A new litter, again

This morning, Gerby gave birth to 5 healthy pups, who immediately drank milk and filled their stomachs.

The only problem was, we did not witness any of the pups being born. Gerby managed to give birth to ALL the pups in about an hour. Not bad huh.

Here is Gerby two days before giving birth.

Fat right?

Here are the 5 healthy pups piled together.

And in this photo, Herby pokes his head into the picture.

That's quite cute Herby...

When Gerby gets startled, she'll jump forward, leaving the babies detached from her in a messy line. Something like this:

Sometimes, a stray baby may be left out too!

But don't worry, for she'll find it and move it back towards her.

And Gerby shrinks back after the whole thing is over.

We now have TEN gerbils (adult, young, and younger) in our tank!