while females are pregnant/joeys in pouch...

[Shrew]

howdy, my question today is:- If female gliders are pregnant or there are joeys in pouch will the male gliders leave them alone? basically we have 2 female gliders and 1 male (intact) and when we first put them together all the male seemed to do was try to "get some" lol we just came back from a 2 week holiday and now he doesnt really try anything with them anymore...although they still all get on very well and sleep/play together. Could this be due to the 2 (or one) of the females being pregnant?

note: while i was typing this i noticed one of our females had a really good rumage around in her pouch.

note note : its been 6-7 weeks since the male was first put together with the females.


thanks again! 

[tillie]

Pacha does leave off the hanky panky when Miah has joeys i.p but once they are out usuallywithin 2 weeks they are at it again   Is he the dad or did she already have joeys i.p from another male?

[Shrew]

he is the only male that they have been with in infact i think they are the only gliders in Jersey

[bubbles]

heehee that must be cool to have animals that noone else has