Well we have pretty much same problem with our male Otto a bout 5-6 weeks ago ... We thought it was whele we separated him from his female .. (now they are toghter again) ... Anyway he was totally cold, breathe slow, take food but couldn't chew .. I had him aboout 24 hours on KMR (kitten milk replacer) and Geomicyne (it is some antibiotic with vitamines booster- it is made by Croatian industry so you can't get it in the in US , but I am sure there is something similar available there) ! He was getting medicament (a few drops (by dropper)) every 3 hours and kmr on every hour whole afternoon, night and the next morning - when he finally got body temperature at that time he even "fught " to get medicament-vitamines (before that I had to "use force" to feed him)! I gave him a few doses of vitamines, then he started eating baby food .... and by the night he switched to solid food .. a week after he was doing all the things he did before ..! Btw. I made two warm corners but he was pretty much avoiding 'em ... ...We hope it's not too late ... Dejan & Nives ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 12:53 AM Subject: HELP!!!! THIS IS A HUGE EMERGENCY, PLEASE REPLY!!! <TEAR> 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. -RachelGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
