LOL that's a lot of info to give Tasha :)
Lisa, I've raised healthy and surviving litters on aspen bedding, a mixture of
gerbil seed mix, cat food, oats, and tortillas. I stuff new moms so that the
milk is extra-nutritious for the babies, even if iI am being paranoid it does
seem to make the babies extra hardy :) If you have any new moms, try not
handling the babies until they have a good layer of fur. And keep everyone on
Tetracycline for a few days, PLEASE. I might still have all my old gerbils if
I had treated them earlier.
Paige
Tasha Rieck wrote:
> I'm sorry about your loss. Lisa, I don't mean to judge, or be mean, but
> you've had what, three litters? And all the babies always die..or at least
> some of the babies. Maybe your gerbils aren't meant to be parents, or maybe
> there is something you could do to help them...do they have lots of good
> food, bedding to make big nests, and a quiet spot to raise their pups? Are
> you messing with the babies too much? Maybe you should get the parents on
> some kind of medicine to prevent respitory infections (or put some in the
> water bottle..you have one 5 week old left?) and maybe they need different
> bedding, what are you using? Maybe they need different food?
> Good Luck,
> Tasha
>
> >From: Lisa Paleczny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Death Announcments
> >Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:45:23 EDT
> >
> >Hi list,
> >Over these past 4 days 2 pups from the forth litter born August 12th pased
> >on. Fuzzy from the 3rd litter died today also. she was almost 5 weeks old.
> >
> >Lisa and TFC
>
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