Deb G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Hi. I have a 2 female gerbils, 1 1/2 yrs old. Neither has ever been sick
>until now. One seems to have somewhat labored breathing (breathing a little
>fast ans with some difficulty) and is somewhat lethargic. She did take a
>peanut from me just now and ate it but rather slowly, like she`s weak. I
>noticed this just now, she was ok late last night. Am I correct in thinking
>it is a respiratory infection? I have Mardel Ornacycline for birds. It
>contains 250 mg of Tetracycline Hydrochloride. Should I use this? Should I
>dose her directly (never even tried that before), or just put it in her
>drinking water? I don`t know if she`ll go get a drink or not. What dosage?
>The box says for a small bird (Parakeet) to use 1 tablet in 8 oz. water.
>Does that sound ok? Please let me know soon, I`m VERY worried! Thanks. ~Deb
Sorry to hear that things didn't work out. If she died that quickly
there was probably nothing you could do for her.
If anyone has a similar problem in future you should try and find the
cause of the problem. After weaning I have never known a gerbil to have
a respiratory infection except when it was secondary to something else.
Have a look at http://www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/health.htm for advice on
checking your gerbil over.
--
Julian
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