Angela Dimella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >Hi, >Can anyone tell me why a healthy 1 year old male, would suddenly die? I have >4 males together, and last night, 1 of thrm was just dead. No signs of >anything abnormal, just dead. >The day before, i changed the cage with a product called all pine litter, it >is non-toxic, has no dangerous aromatic hydrocarbons, no chemicals, no dust, >etc. I used it before and nothing happened. Could it possibly have anything >to do with his death? It was only in there a day. Like I said before, there >were no signs, he was just laying there dead. >thanks >angela Most likely, he had a stroke. We have had gerbils as young as 3 months die suddenly from strokes. Gerbils are very susceptible to strokes for anatomical reasons. A stroke can either kill a gerbil outright, or it can leave the animal paralysed down on side. In the later case, the gerbil may recover if it can still eat and drink. -- Julian ************************************************************************ * Jackie and Julian * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * National Gerbil Society * * http://www.gerbils.co.uk/ * ************************************************************************
