Not sure if serious fighting or playing.

[mina]

Hey there guys! I need help to know if to separate my gerbils or not. It's only two of them that are acting weird.

I have four boys who I got at the same time, and they are brothers. I noticed behavior that is slightly odd because of how aggressive it seemed. I spent all of my time in the living room, enough to see ANY behavior changes. Two things happened today and seems to get worse?
Maybe thire personalities might help? Gandalf is polite and shy, NEVER BITES. Fenrir on the other hand is outgoing and energetic.
They had two "play fights" and some odd behaviors after. otherwise they don't seem to mind each other.

Earlier today Fenrir was chasing after Gandalf, seemed kind of aggressive because it was more jumpy than a usual play fight I've seen. Fenrir then chased Gandalf into a tunnel. I don't know if that is normal... but after that Gandalf seemed sort of skittish. Eventually he would go up to Fenrir and "kiss". Looked like Gandalf was trying to be social anyhow. Things seemed normal until a bit ago...

Now it was Gandalf who seemed to have a long drawn out "fight" with Fenrir. Chased him around the tank. I stopped the fight and Fenrir had bits of hair stuck together but no visible wounds. I took him out of the tank to look, no cuts but he strangely calmed down and SAT on my hand, which he never does. After a few minutes I don't know if it was smart to place him back but I did and that's why I don't know if I should separate or not.

I observed to see and actually noticed that Fenrir was avoiding for a bit, but then went up to Gandalf. They seem to be doing SOMETHING because they are nearby and kissing a bit. So I thought maybe he's apologizing...One of my other Gerbils (Lotus, a caring and friendly gerbil) went between the two and started to groom both of them. Fenrir seemed sensitive but did allow the grooming and eventually left them when Gandalf started to groom Fenrir and vice versa. Since then they stay side by side, grooming here and there and seem normal.

So maybe it's okay?
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OMG NO IT IS NOT OKAY

Gandalf and Fenrir just fought. THERE IS BLOOD! not only that but Lotus actually started to fight Fenrir! THAT WAS DUMB TO THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY because they were grooming

I separated Fenrir from everyone and am NOT risking Fenrir getting hurt anymore. (Even though he did the most damage to Gandalf actually but Gandalf started the fight) .I'm not putting the other gerbil (Drix) who has been asleep for the whole thing. I want to be safe.

Now I'm gonna read up to see how to treat these wounds and see how serious it is.
Does this mean Gandalf might fight another gerbil?

[mina]

Extra info
They would NOT let go of each other. I had to try to separate them and got bitten and blood on my hand.

I've had them for about 4 months now.

[crittercrazy]

If it was four of them living together, perhaps you could separate them into two pairs? That would be a more stable arrangement anyway and that way nobody would be alone. How long has Fenrir been taken out?

[mina]

Mar 1, 2015 19:41:16 GMT -8 crittercrazy said:

If it was four of them living together, perhaps you could separate them into two pairs? That would be a more stable arrangement anyway and that way nobody would be alone. How long has Fenrir been taken out?

I wanted to separate into two pairs but what if the gerbil who has been asleep for all of this turns against Fenrir?

Everything happened so fast, all today. Fenrir has been separated since I posted this (that's when the fight happened and I updated) so like 45 min.

I mixed salt and water and got most of the blood off Gandalf (who is really beaten up, bloody neck and nose). Now I'm cleaning Fenrir. These guys won't sit still for cleaning so it's taking a bit.

If I did the split cage (With Drix for Fenrir... with the one that didn't fight) would that be best or would it make them aggressive?

[mina]

I finished cleaning both gerbils. AND I put Drix with Fenrir and they are friendly and okay. 
Thank you for the suggestion crittercrazy!

They aren't seriously injured but do have some cuts I've cleaned up around the neck and mouth.
Done some research and there's no small animal vets nearby but I'll try calling a few anyway in the morning. ONE of them has to know someone who can treat gerbils... For now I'll clean and check the wounds for the next few days

This area is pet heavy so it might be hard to see a vet. Is there anything else I can do?

OH AND I'm not sure if this is ANY reason why they'd fight but I wonder if giving them a bit of cheese was a bad idea? it wasn't a lot but that was yesterday. They also had pasta yesterday (small boiled pieces).

Sorry I write so much. 
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Everyone seems to be okay, Drix was mostly confused as to why I wasn't placing him back to the main tank, kept waiting and waiting for me to put him back...

The most heartbreaking thing I realized is that they can all never play together in the playpen again.