Gerbil size difference...?

[Markpd]

Thank you, Blake was a bit ill on just 1 evening, and he's been fine since .
Going to look at getting him a cage mate soon.

Yea you never know when something might change, so worth weighing them regularly.

[Markpd]

One final update, after finding a sore next to Blake's scent gland end of January (see related thread for more info), and suspecting it was a SGT, a check at the vets confirming that likelihood, and then an operation a few days later, he bounced back and seemed his usual zippy self .

But on the 14th he suddenly became really ill and lethargic, I took him to the vets the next day, she wasn't sure if it was an infection or cancer, but gave us some antibiotics to see if it would help (and booked an X-ray for the following day). Sadly he died the following morning .

The last weighing was at that last vet visit.

Avon ... date .... Blake

63g .... 15/08/20 .. 65g
70g .... 01/09/20 .. 65g
74g .... 22/09/20 .. 70g
74g .... 07/10/20 .. 73g
76g .... 20/10/20 .. 76g
78g .... 09/11/20 .. 79g
81g .... 24/11/20 .. 84g
81g .... 14/12/20 .. 83g
93g .... 12/01/21 .. 93g
93g .... 03/02/21 .. 92g
94g .... 26/02/21 .. 91g
98g .... 15/03/21 .. 95g
107g .. 06/04/21 .. 102g (cut treats from 3 to 2 per day)
108g .. 20/04/21 .. 101g
112g .. 04/05/21 .. 105g (cut feed to 15g/day, may have only been a tiny cut)
106g .. 18/05/21 .. 108g
99g ... 01/06/21 .. 107g (cut feed to 12g/day, increased Avon's treats to 4)
99g ... 16/06/21 .. 107g

99g ... 30/06/21 .. 104g (declanned this date!)

93g ... 14/07/21 ... 95g

97 .... 22/07/21 ... 94
97 .... 28/07/21 ... 95
92 .... 11/08/21 ... 96
90 .... 25/08/21 ... 97 (increased feed to 14g/day, been unable to feed Avon 4 treats/day, he ignored them!)
92 .... 16/09/21 ... 99
93 .... 30/09/21 ... 99
95 .... 15/10/21 ... 96 (declanned again 3/10)
95 .... 27/10/21 ... 95
91 .... 10/11/21 ... 93 (Mostly been able to feed Avon treats again, but only if I drop them in front of him, he won't take them from my fingers! lol)
96 .... 24/11/21 ... 96
92 .... 09/12/21 ... 97
97 .... 24/12/21 .. 102 (Avon is beginning to take treats more often from my fingers again )
98 .... 07/01/22 .. 100
103 .. 22/01/22 .. 107
107 .. 07/02/22 .. 114

108 .. 21/02/22 .. 116

104 .. 07/03/22 .. 120 (Cut Blake's feed to 5g/day)

113 .. 21/03/22 .. 120

120 .. 04/04/22 .. 110 (Cut Avon's treats to 2, and feed to 5g)

117 .. 18/04/22 .. 115
110 .. 11/05/22 .. 117 (forgot to set a 2 week reminder on my phone! Hence overshot )

111 .. 25/05/22 .. 121 (03/06 cut Blake's feed to 4g/day)

115 .. 22/06/22 .. 115 (as above, forgot again! Cut Avon's feed to 4g/day).

108 .. 06/07/22 .. 109

105 .. 20/07/22 .. 107

109 .. 03/08/22 .. 111

109 .. 17/08/22 .. 115

106 .. 31/08/22 .. 110

103 .. 15/09/22 .. 112

99 .... 29/09/22 .. 113

94 .... 13/10/22 .. 113

98 .... 01/11/22 .. 112

97 .... 15/11/22 .. 116

87 .... 29/11/22 .. 105 (found Avon severely ill the day before, see my 'Avon ill' thread for more info).

88 .... 13/12/22 .. 108

........ 27/12/22 .. 108 (after apparently making a full recovery, Avon passed away suddenly on the 26th )

........ 10/01/23 .. 111

........ 20/01/23 .. 111

........ 24/01/23 .. 111 (weighed at the vets, good to know my scales seem to be accurate!)

........ 01/02/23 .. 104 (a few days after he had his scent gland tumour removed)

........ 15/02/23 .. 109 (weighed at the vets. Blake passed away the next day )