Post by imjessiegee on Jul 30, 2014 6:25:55 GMT -8
I've got two female gerbils (4 just now but in pairs). My first set f pairs, salt and pepper both came from the pets at home shop at 12 weeks on 3rd May. My second pairs Oreo and Bourbon both came from the same shop and a different litter on May 23rd.
Salt and pepper were placed in a small Gerbilarium costing £40 and Oreo and bourbon placed in a £70 extra large gerbilarium. However, both Oreo and bourbon began losing weight so on Monday I switched the pairs cages. I throughly cleaned out the small one but I forgot to clean the level in the big one.
I left to go visit my dad for an hour after switching cages and everything was fine. Each pair was happy exploring. I was gone for atleast 15 minutes and when I came back I went up too check on them. Salt had sat in the jar and was non responsive to my voice and pepper was under wooden fiddle sticks I put in. I noticed that pepper sniffed salt and they stared at each other and walked away.
Salt sat in the jar and I picked him out only too see blood under her chin and pepper also had blood. I separated them and put them in different cages after cleaning them up. During that night, pepper slept in the jar overnight and wouldn't come out.
Today is two days later and I've been putting then together in the bath tub holding my breathe. They keep sniffing each other's butts and putting their mouths together. They've been having little spats but they change their mind and sleep in the same house.
I don't know what to do. They look so bored without each other. I've just went out and bought a bag of sawdust. I was planning on cleaning the cage out very carefully from top to bottom and even the toys and putting them together again. I keep having nightmares that I'll find one of them dead. Help me
Salt and pepper were placed in a small Gerbilarium costing £40 and Oreo and bourbon placed in a £70 extra large gerbilarium. However, both Oreo and bourbon began losing weight so on Monday I switched the pairs cages. I throughly cleaned out the small one but I forgot to clean the level in the big one.
I left to go visit my dad for an hour after switching cages and everything was fine. Each pair was happy exploring. I was gone for atleast 15 minutes and when I came back I went up too check on them. Salt had sat in the jar and was non responsive to my voice and pepper was under wooden fiddle sticks I put in. I noticed that pepper sniffed salt and they stared at each other and walked away.
Salt sat in the jar and I picked him out only too see blood under her chin and pepper also had blood. I separated them and put them in different cages after cleaning them up. During that night, pepper slept in the jar overnight and wouldn't come out.
Today is two days later and I've been putting then together in the bath tub holding my breathe. They keep sniffing each other's butts and putting their mouths together. They've been having little spats but they change their mind and sleep in the same house.
I don't know what to do. They look so bored without each other. I've just went out and bought a bag of sawdust. I was planning on cleaning the cage out very carefully from top to bottom and even the toys and putting them together again. I keep having nightmares that I'll find one of them dead. Help me