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Hope all goes well and the babies will thrive.
Do you know anything about duprasi?
Breeders who advertise them say they can live alone or in pairs but a rodent rescue i know says they need to live in pairs like other gerbils.
I know a bit about duprasi. I've never owned one but have cared for one. They are very different to Mongolian gerbils and more similar in character and care requirements to hamsters. People who like Syrian hamsters tend to find duprasi appealing.
As they are fairly newly kept as pets, people are still working out the best way to keep them and that includes experimenting with keeping them alone or in pairs. However they do seem to do fine alone so I wouldn't think it's essential to have them in pairs. Sometimes rescues conflate different species and assume they are similar. I would trust breeders' advice over rescues' when it comes to duprasi because most rescues have little to no experience with them as they so rarely end up in rescues.
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