Okay, I haven't been on this list for a bout a year now, but I'm back because i have a huge emergency and I do not know what to do! I keep four female gerbils in a very large cage and recently one had gotten sick. She had her eyes closed, was very waeak ,couldn't barely hobble around, and had slallow breathing. I hand fed her and kept her in a special cage separate from the others. She got well after two days. She returned to the normal cage today and there I found two more with the same problem. Excapt , it is ten times worse. they are not moving and their breathing is very very slow. I put them in the separate cage with a heating pad under the cage because they are not producing heat for themselves and they're cold to the touch. I'm really scared, I had found them with their ears and toes nibbled on. the fourth gerbil is perfectly fine and still in the cage. They were perfectly fine yesterday! I have put rubbing alcohol on the nips of the two sick gerbs to prevent infection but now I'm at a loss for what to do. They will not eat anything I give them(actually they try and then just lay there, legs splayed, with it in their mouth. The large cage had contained, stuffing, toilet paper rolls, lettuce, gerbil food, carrots, mint plant, water, and a wooden block or two. Does anyone have any suggestions?I really don't wan to loose these two, I have had them since they were born from my Bradine. -Rachel Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com |
