Will maybe try them with a little bit this week, I kinda feel they are missing out?
We have the mum and dad which we thought were 2 sisters, we've had them since April 2007 and then there was nest building which we thought was one of them having a phantom. Hubby kept checking to make sure there were no babies but one morning (Easter Tuesday) there were. So we had then took the one out when we established which was which and they have been separated ever since. She had 4 babies.
4 weeks and one day later there was another nest but we thought it was for the babies she already had, it turned out there were another 6 babies (obviously hadnt taken him out in time) so I rang the vets and they told me take the 4 babies out, I did and they are now kept in the house, although 1 has been rehomed as a house bun. We still have the other 3 and are keeping the these 3, they are all girls (hopefully).
The six babies are now coming up for 4 weeks and are all great and binkying about, they all get on together - except for the dad of course. He went into the vets on Monday to be neutered so we're now waiting for that to take effect before he mixes again.