I have a gerbil who has lost her teeth top front teeth several times. You
will need to syringe feed her baby food/baby cereal or oatmeal. I got very
creative trying to give her some variety in her diet by crushing graham
crackers and mixing with water to make a mush and chopping nuts *very*
finely so she could eat those. You will also need to syringe feed the water
for sure. Ideally they need to eat about every four hours. I guess it
depends on how dedicated you are, but for the 2 weeks without out teeth I
was getting up every 4 hours at night to feed her as well. She will not
need the water as often as the food, especially if there's water in the
food. This is very frustrating for the gerbil because they feel more or
less fine but cannot eat when they are hungry. It takes 10-14 days for the
teeth to grow in enough for them to eat on their own.
Also, my gerbil slept alot when she was without teeth as well. This is not
a medical opinion, but I think it's a depression of sorts since they can't
eat or chew things as they usually would. It is a hassle of a situation but
the teeth will come back! good luck!
Jill
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> From: Dejan Pavlovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Gerbil lost her teeth !!!
> Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 7:00 PM
>
> Hi all !
> Yesterday evening we noticed that one of our fem.gerbil 's teeth is
> "swinging" (upper).
> Vets were not working (it was too late) and today was national holiday
..
> But she plucked it and actually broken the other one as well - so now se
> hasn't got upper teeth !!!
> Sh is very hungry but she can't eat almost anything solid .
> The whole day she ate a bit of apple, peach and a little bit of baby
food.
> We noticed that she can als eat bird food but onlx if we "clean" it . She
> hasn't drink water the whole day (probably fruits substituded it a bit).
>
> So does anyone have an idea - what else could (should) we give to her
(she
> doesn't want banana and, as we said, she eaten just a drop of baby food
> (while her boyfriend chokes in it :-)) ) ?
> How long would it take for both teeth to grow again ?
> Should we trim another two teeth ?
>
> Poor girl acts completely normal (she even tryed to chew toilet paper
> cardboard) although she sleeps a bit more ...
> Thanks !
>
> Dejan & Nives
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