Hey all, if someone could reply back to me as quickly as possible, I'd be
much appreciative! I came home from work tonight and found my two girl
gerbils sleeping in separate parts of the cage (which is something they never
do)...I said to them jokingly, "What did you two do, have a fight?" And then
one of them (Chloe) came out of her nest (it was underneath one of those
commercially-sold logs), and she was sort of staggering. I thought at first
that she was limping, and I got paranoid that maybe she DID fight with the
other one, but she was just wavering, like she'd gotten herself dizzy. The
other one (Cecilia) sort of peeped out of her nest of bedding, but made no
move to get out (and that is TERRIBLY unusual, because normally they're both
out standing on their hind legs when I get home from work)...I even picked
her up, but she hardly moved. I scooped both of them up (by this point I was
crying...I've never seen them so listless before!) and looked over them, but
there aren't any cuts or scratches on them, which would signify that they'd
been fighting. There aren't any vets near where I live that deal with
gerbils (boy have *I* got a bum deal), and I don't know what was wrong with
them.
Mom and I held them for a little while, and at first they were trembling like
they were cold, but they gradually became more and more active...and now it
seems like they're back to normal. They're scampering around the cage,
eating, and they aren't fighting with each other, so I don't know what's
wrong. Has this happened to anyone else? I'm going to clean the cage out in
case it's some kind of contagion (however that's spelled), but not even
having a vet close by makes it tough to figure out what's wrong for sure!
As I said, I'd greatly appreciate any help!
