pup jumped-now injured!

[dangermouse2005]

my b/f was holding one of our 3 week pups and it jumped from his hand..its now not walking on its front paw and its squeaking a lot,

what should i do.the vets closed and am really worried/upset what to do?

[whitmoregirl]

Let it be for now- it may have either:
Broken its paw
or
Simply just sprained itself
or
Gotten a big scare from falling.

See how it is in the morning

[dangermouse2005]

ok, she has gone to sleep which i reckon is from the shock, just scared that when i wake up tomorrow she won't

[dangermouse2005]

pups still running about but her paw is still not being used.my friend is taking the 2 pups in 2 weeks -i dont no if the paw will heal? and if it dies will she be able to walk on it?

someone please reply?

[whitmoregirl]

If it is broken it should heal on its own - just try not to hold her just in case.
If it heals to be a fixed wrist it shouldn't affect her in any way.
They're hardy buggers - as I just found out yet again as Pepper fell off the damned desk

[reallybes]

whitmoregirl said:

They're hardy buggers - as I just found out yet again as Pepper fell off the damned desk

You see? Now I must really take Pepper away from you ..



dangermouse: I'm sorry about what happened to your pup, in an ideal case you should bring it to the vet but only if you are able to .. hopefully it does heal, keep us posted!

[RyanF]

Bes, lol! Excuses, excuses, excuses! We need to steal Pepper for her own safety... ;D

Hey dangermouse, sorry to hear about the pup. I hope all goes well with her/him and hope he heals up!

[whitmoregirl]

Hahahahah stop stealing my Peppy!!!
She's got too many food and playing quirks and is too tubby for either of you to handle!

[reallybes]

whitmoregirl said:

She's got too many food and playing quirks and is too tubby

I'm sure Pepper doesn't appreciate being called fat by her owner EX-owner. Now hand her over! You're lucky I don't call the association of politeness to gerbils, they have a rule against calling a gerbil fat you know. Hmph! The correct term is big boned.

... LOL.

(Is anybody gonna give dangermouse some advice?? Dangermouse keep us posted!)

[whitmoregirl]

Never! And ahum Bes!
Let the picture talk!:

Sorry dangermouse
We're straying away from talking about your pup. How is it doing?

[meganb52]

Dangermouse, I'd agree with everyone else. Keep her as quiet as possible, and if it heals on its own, chances are she'll figure out a way to move on with life. As was stated before, Gerbils are hardy, and I think she'll be fine. Just give it some time. If she really seems painful or the limb is getting very red and/or swollen, it's time to see the vet.

-Megan

[dangermouse2005]

hey thanx,im gona wait a few days and it it dont look any better il nip to the vets across the road-i just dont want to stress her out by taking her out her home and stuff-shes a wee squirmer

her other wee pup sister is so friendly-she saw mummy gerbil a.k.a dangermouse saying hello to me and then the wee pup treid to jump out the cage and on to me-i was like ahhhh dont get hurt like ur sister...fewww

wee nutters!!

anyways i hope the pups hand will heal-there so funny wee things!

[RyanF]

Hope the recovery is speedy!

Whitmoregirl, Bes: I think we have been arguing about Pepper in like 2 or 3 topics, lol. And yes. She is fat, like my Rody! Can you weigh her? My Rody is 3.2 ounces! Her cagemate, Burkie, is 2.1! lol. ;D

[whitmoregirl]

Hahaha ok lemme see....
100g!!!
What's that in ounces, hmm....
....3.5273965837869565 ounces...
... guessing generally it's 3.5 ounces there abouts
Pretty heavy girlies - good thing they're on a diet!!

[malabui]

yet again as Pepper fell off the damned desk

Pepper seems to be like how my dear Ruby was. Fat and no concept of gravity. (She walked straight off my parent's bed. She didn't realise that there was an edge -.-)