Thank you for the suggestion, but since they are so tiny and young, and
since gerbils aren't very good at controlling their body temperatures after
they get wet, I don't want to get them wet. I just want them all to live,
weather they are gooy or not. :) Thank you again!
Happy Wheeks and Squeeks,
-Jenni(the human behind The JenniFUR Clan)
-the Gerbils(my little handfulls)
-and Weeble(the female super cavy)
visit our web site at:
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/jennthompson
**GERBIL FOR SALE**- lone male, his cage mate recently died. He needs a
good home.
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>From: "Deb Rebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "The JenniFUR Clan Jenn Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: a sad update on pups
>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:38:27 -0600
>
> > One of the 4 pups that I've been nursing has died. She was so tiny and
> >when I found her in the nest I thought she was dead, but she started to
> >slightly move her feet. I wraped her up in a blanket and kept her warm
> >until she died in my arms around 9:40pm Thursday night, June 13, 2000.
>
>Bummer. Condolences.
>
> > The other pups are fine and eating well. They need to learn how to
>groom
> >themselves better though. I feed them cream of wheat mixed with kitten
> >replacer milk and they get it all over their paws and fur. I'm going to
> >start having to cut their fur in places from all the dried cream of wheat
>on
> >them and every night I have to take it off their paws. Except for the
> >grooming they are doing fine- all 3 of them :(
>
>Don't cut their fur. I had this problem with a kitten I had to
>foster-raise.
>She'd set up like stucco....(KMR & baby pablum, after that got in her
>fur, she'd have her lesson in litterbox training which was a pan of sand...
>she'd get sand on the goop and it would literally set up like that. :p)
>
>A little bit of wiping them off right after they eat with a damp soft paper
>towel and dry them off after goes a long ways. You might have to work
>on it a bit with the damp towel to soften the concrete and get it off, but
>it will come. Just be most careful that they don't get chilled and that
>they
>are totally dry afterwards..
>
>My kitten got one to three baths a day in the bathroom sink, with careful
>dryings off, from 2 1/2 to six weeks old...to this day she has *no* fear
>of 'dreaded *CAT SOLVENT*' (water). Don't bathe your gerbil babies,
>just use patience and the damp towel/dry towel bit.
>
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