what do the pups look like? eg: fur? ears open? eyes open? moving about and coming out of the nest?
I just want to get an idea of how old they are, as if they're VERY young (no fur, no eyes, no ears, not moving around outside the nest) they don't stand a very good chance.
You can wean them on baby food, the best one I found was by 'Hipp' called 'mixed vegtable medley', which you can get in any supermarket. Feed them using a syringe, and they only need tiny bits at a time.
You don't need to feed them round the clock (baby gerbils don't feed 24hrs), but during daytime they'll all need feeding every two hours.
All this advice ^ was given to me by my vet, when one of my gerbil mummy's died and I had to raise the babies. My babies were a bit older though (ears, eyes etc) but still not old enough to leave mum (12wks old).
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