Deb G.
I'm so sorry to hear about the death of your Gerbil. I'll be praying for you
and your deceased Gerbil. I hope your lonely gerbil will live a long and
happy life. I hope it will outlive my 6-year old deceased gerbil. How old is
your lonely gerbil. My lonely gerbil is 5 years old. All it eats right now
is sunflower seeds. Well write back and take care.
I'll be praying for both of u,
Doug S.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerbil Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Deb G.
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 1:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Sad news: My sick gerbil just died....
>
>
> I`m very sad to report the sick gerb I posted about died a little
> while ago.
> I`m usually not the overly-dramatic type, but I feel somewhat like I
> contributed to her death. I was holding her and trying to get a
> drop of the
> meds in her mouth and she bit at the dropper. Then she started
> twitching and
> gasping for breath. She didn`t even get a drop to speak of in her. I
> immediately placed her back into her cage and she rolled over on her side
> and died in a few seconds. I feel SO bad. Maybe I should have
> just left her
> alone, who knows..... I also called my vet on his emergency number and he
> basically said the same thing that all of you told me so I guess
> I did have
> to try. What do you think happened while I was holding her? Did I
> scare her
> or something or was it just her time? I was very gentle but I`m not
> experienced. Anyway, thanks to Deb, Jill ,Gary and Doug for your advice.
> I`ve had several pets and it ALWAYS rips my heart out when one of
> them dies.
> Now I have a lone gerbil, soon to be lonely I`m sure. Maybe I`ll try an
> intro w/ split cage at some point..... Gotta go.... time to cry. ~Deb
