Re: Questions about items for Gerbil first aid kit-additions

[The JenniFUR Clan Jenn Thompson]

>With gerbils the problem is not just self-mutilation but partner
> >mutilation too.  I have had a gerbil kindly remove it's partners
> >stitches after a scent gland op.  With rats, you can separate cage->mates
>for a few days.
>But if you do this with gerbils, especially females, then you will
> >probably never get them together again.  Also a separated gerbil, is an
> >unhappy gerbil and will take longer to recover.  A difficult dilemma.

You could put up a barrier like the ones used in introductions.  That way
they still smell eachother everyday, don't forget eachother and best of all
can't eat stitches off eachother.

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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