Personally, I would try syringe feeding her some plain pedialyte. In
several instances where I had a gerbil doing the eyes-half-closed thing I
found that they were incredibly thirsty and had not gotten a drink for some
reason, or not enough of one. It could be dehydration. Try that (or even
with regular water would be good) and see if there's a change. good luck!
Jill
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> From: The JenniFUR Clan Jenn Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: SOS- gerbil's acting strange.....
> Date: Thursday, June 08, 2000 8:27 PM
>
> The woman I babysit for has one of my gerbils. They have owned Cleo,,
the
> female gerbil, for about 3 months now and they say she isn't being
herself.
> I brought a breeding pair over with me and set the cage infront of Cleo's
> and they said she went nuts. They said she started scratching to get out
> and was doing so furiously. About 15 minutes later she was laying
huddled
> over her food eating with her eyes closed and her fur was nappy. They
> cleaned her cage out and I put her in some chin dust to clean her and she
is
> now clean. WHat they said was that she wasn't trying to get out like she
> normally does any chance she gets when they opened her cage to let her
out
> to play. And that they could reach in and pick her up, pet her, and she
> would run from them like she normally does. Also, I've never seen a
gerbil
> do this but when she would look around standing on her back legs she
would
> hold her paws in a fist. She wasn't holding anything. She also was
eating
> almost nonstop for 1-2 days. I looked at her teeth- fine, I looked at
her
> paws- fine, I looked at her tail, sent gland, and everything else- all
fine.
> I don't know. When she did walk around she did so with her eyes 1/2
> opened. I checked to see if she had a respitor infection, but there is
non.
> I can't explain it, can any of you? Her face also looks different- her
> nose pointyer and her face skinyer. She has been alive for the last 3
days
> since all of this started. Help!
>
> Happy Wheeks and Squeeks,
> -Jenni(the human behind The JenniFUR Clan)
> -the Gerbils(my little handfulls)
> -and Weeble(the female super cavy)
>
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>
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>
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