>carrier while I cleaned the bedding. He was fine...then I picked him back
up
>to put him in his tank, and he went still in my hand, and just hung
>there...when I set him in his tank he didn't move..I held onto him, then
set
>him back down and he still wouldn't move, but after a few minutes he was
the
>same gerbie as before...moving around, curling up with his baby siblings,
>ect. This is the second time this has happened...does anyone know what it
>was? has this happened to anyone else's gerbils, and what happened with
the
>gerbils? Thanks, Tasha
I agree with what the others have posted, it sounds like a seizure,
or 'fit' and not a stroke. A stroke usually shows tremors, or the
animal circles frantically (whirling) or rolls over (and over and over),
or drags a limb or limbs or the hindquarters; or lies and shivers,
then seems very disoriented and may not be able to stand or move,
and lurches drunkenly at best, which seems to make it frantic and
it does it all the more.
Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch
