Post by tasha on Apr 6, 2005 11:49:18 GMT -8
Advice please!
I woke up this morning to find two of my gerbs very bloody. I have three 7-month old sisters (same litter). I was a little worried about the dominant one (Sam) and the least dominant one (Smat) not getting along because Smat would resist all of Sam's attempts to show dominance (mount her etc.). But the fight wasn't even between them. It was between the other sister Marty and Smat. Maybe they were fighting to see who would rank 2nd???)
I separated them immediately, and now Smat is by herself and seems depressed. I know they are at that nasty age, but they were all sleeping together and Marty and Smat seemed to be getting along just fine. With this kind of de-clanning and after such a vicious fight, is there any chance that a split cage is going to get them reunited? I'm afraid to try it because they seemed fine before the fight, so how will i know when and if i can remove the barrier? I'm worried that i will think everything is fine between them and then come home and find one dead.
Has anyone had a similar situation? Also, how do you hold the gerbs still long enough to put the antibiotic cream on them?! They will sit in my hand just fine, but become incredibly hard to hold when i try to put the cream on, and short of squeezing them too tightly, i don't know what to do.
I woke up this morning to find two of my gerbs very bloody. I have three 7-month old sisters (same litter). I was a little worried about the dominant one (Sam) and the least dominant one (Smat) not getting along because Smat would resist all of Sam's attempts to show dominance (mount her etc.). But the fight wasn't even between them. It was between the other sister Marty and Smat. Maybe they were fighting to see who would rank 2nd???)
I separated them immediately, and now Smat is by herself and seems depressed. I know they are at that nasty age, but they were all sleeping together and Marty and Smat seemed to be getting along just fine. With this kind of de-clanning and after such a vicious fight, is there any chance that a split cage is going to get them reunited? I'm afraid to try it because they seemed fine before the fight, so how will i know when and if i can remove the barrier? I'm worried that i will think everything is fine between them and then come home and find one dead.
Has anyone had a similar situation? Also, how do you hold the gerbs still long enough to put the antibiotic cream on them?! They will sit in my hand just fine, but become incredibly hard to hold when i try to put the cream on, and short of squeezing them too tightly, i don't know what to do.
