Hev wrote:
> Ok well now that I know my emails are getting thru - thank you
> everyone for replying - I have a question. I recently seperated one
> of our Momma gerbils with her remaining baby (a little girl) into a
> new cage. The other 3 babies all died, I'm still not sure how or why
> but I think it could of been Respitory infection as I found the Momma
> had it after Ihad moved her - she had no signs before this. Anyway I
> obtained some antibiotic for the Momma and some kitty milk for the
> baby and had been administering this daily for a week. The baby
> thrived and the Momma is healthy now too, my problem is, before this
> when I would walk into the room the gerbils would come up to the glass
> to see what was going on etc. Now whenever I walk in they dive for
> cover, will they be like this forever now? Its quite sad, I want them
> to be the social little animals they once were.Thanks for you
> time~Heather
They do remember things like that for awhile. My Spunky is still
convinced that every time I pick him up, I'm going to put drops in his
ear! I expect he'll start relaxing soon though.
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Tana and The Little Rascals
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