On Sun, 05 November 2000, "(Sarah) (Churchman)" wrote:
>
> Hi List!~
> Just to let you all know that I put the pups back in with the father (there
> were actually 2 "fathers" and I put them both back in) and at first they were
> very attentive and the pups were thriving.
> Unfortunately the Males have got dihorreah and are looking the same way as
> the mother.Subsequently although they have been feeding and excreting 6 of
> the 7 pups have died in the last day.
> Also 2 unrelated adult males have died with the smae symptoms as the Female
> that died.
> I am unsure what is going on.From everything I have read it looks to be
> Tyzzers.I am keeping everything as clean as possible to prevent infection to
> my other 5 pairs (3 of which have pups)
> Any other ideas anyone?
> Thanks Sarah
> P.S The vet thought it was "Stress" related.Hmm!
Put ALL your gerbils on antibiotics, if you haven't done so already.
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