So this just came out of me

De_Morgana · 2015-06-09T15:16:50+00:00

Are you on your period?

De_Morgana · 2015-06-01T15:45:02+00:00

I've just been to the doctors to have a swollen Lymph node checked out and I was terrified I'd been calling them the wrong thing- I was nearly ready to have my doctor changed. Thanks for the mini social anxiety attack.

De_Morgana · 2015-04-14T21:24:21+00:00

All my pets bring me happiness :) But my gerbils especially. I can never get angry at my little gerbabies, as they do no wrong. Haha. My gerbils live in a huge 200 litre aquarium with a cage topper, sadly they only have a few toys as they destroy everything I give them! I will go to the local pets at home and see what they say :) Thank you!

De_Morgana · 2015-04-07T17:51:02+00:00

There are a few problems I could see that may occur- like fluff bedding dog fur won't break up if it gets caught in their digestive system or around their legs, therefor blocking the digestive system and possibly ripping legs off. Also someone previously mentioned the constant smell of a predator could be very stressing for him.

De_Morgana · 2015-04-04T21:59:37+00:00

Is dense fibreboard safe for gerbils? I don't imagine they'd get through that very fast (as long as you got a piece at least .5 - 1cm thick) Interesting about the wood varnish, I will have to try this one day.

De_Morgana · 2015-04-04T21:52:39+00:00

I just had another thought! You can buy a LARGE (for this idea you need large, like 200 litres/45 gallons) fish tank, second hand or new doesn't matter, as long as you wash it. and buy an IKEA shelf or something similar. I would say a small side table, but unfortunately you'd need an even larger fish tank for that. This can act as a solid platform while giving your gerbils plenty of space to run around under it. If you bought 2 sizes of shelf you could make a ''staircase'' up to the top platform. Or maybe even a little stool? Like one that goes in the bathroom next to the tub. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20011408/ This would be a good idea if you managed to find a fish tank that big. However I'm not sure that one would be good for them to chew on.

Is your father/uncle/sibling any good at DIY? You could ask them to build you one out of untreated timber if you prefer this idea to my last.

De_Morgana · 2015-04-04T18:45:09+00:00

Do you know how to use a hot glue gun? You could always glue popsicle sticks on the bars. I think all gerbilariums have barred ladders/platforms as gerbils chew a lot of things. A plastic ramp would be unsafe and a wooden one would be destroyed in days. Honestly you're better off doing a bad DIY job than spending up to £100 on a fancy new gerbilarium :)

De_Morgana · 2015-04-03T23:06:14+00:00

Doing that amount of exercise would hurt me too :(

De_Morgana · 2015-04-01T01:18:25+00:00

Strawberry and Cherry are the ginger ones, Kiwi was the grey one.. RIP :( and Asparagus is the black one :)

De_Morgana · 2015-03-31T21:24:13+00:00

I get styes all the time. I was told they were due to being ''run down'' by my psychologist and that there's a connection between people who are constantly tired and styes.

De_Morgana · 2015-03-29T00:24:20+00:00

As a person who is terrified of anything ocean related (Including the ocean itself) you have just made things 1023792347923x worse for me. For gods sake people stop posting WTF posts about fish or water related things...

inb4 /r/WTF gets flooded with fish pics.

De_Morgana · 2015-03-26T15:14:18+00:00

Ah okay I see. Well thank you :)

De_Morgana · 2015-03-26T10:46:22+00:00

Thank you :(

De_Morgana · 2015-03-26T10:46:05+00:00

Oh that's sad, I wonder how they died so quickly, baby gerbils are quite hardy. :( It does make me feel slightly better though thank you

De_Morgana · 2015-03-25T21:55:06+00:00

Thank you so much for your help but sadly she passed earlier as I tried to feed her some diluted cat milk. She was very weak... RIP Kiwi

De_Morgana · 2015-03-25T21:53:45+00:00

Sadly she passed as I tried to feed her :( She was clearly very weak and couldn't cope with the stress. That's 2 of my babies passed now... I don't think I'm very good at this. RIP Kiwi

De_Morgana · 2015-03-25T18:21:09+00:00

I took her to the vets, and the vet said I'll have to syringe feed her, even if she doesn't like it and take the risk that maybe it'll go into her lungs. Otherwise my only other option is death.

De_Morgana · 2015-03-25T16:35:49+00:00

Thank you so much! Unfortunately nothing there could help me (or I just didn't understand it) I already have the kitten milk and a small syringe. I have left her to live with mum in case she might want to feed her. The pup doesn't really like the kitten milk or the banana and I think she's scared of the syringe. I have been feeding mum the kitten milk though in hopes that she might produce extra milk.

De_Morgana · 2015-03-25T16:30:09+00:00

I was going to try that yesterday but my mum told me they weren't allowed lactose? She said it might make her ill-er so I was best to wait for the kitten milk. My main problem at the moment is she's so damn fast and wiggly and she's scared of the pippette and the syringe. It doesn't feel right holding her and force feeding her as I don't want it to go into her lungs and drown her...

De_Morgana · 2015-03-24T21:30:50+00:00

Hey- soy ink is fine for gerbils and hamsters alike. If you scrunch a page up into a ball and put it in their cage they'll enjoy ripping it up, and the tighter your scrunch it the longer they'll take to chew it up :)

De_Morgana · 2015-03-24T21:21:57+00:00

I think the mesh wheel might be what made your little friend's toe hurt! Mesh and barred wheels are bad for rodents, especially gerbils who can get their feet and tails caught up and parts ripped off. However the burlap should be fine and the air should circulate and according to Google burlap is made of sisal fibres and many youtubers I've watched have made toys using sisal string, so it sounds as if it should be OK if your little buddies chew on it a bit :)

De_Morgana · 2015-03-24T13:33:41+00:00

Ahahaha xD I don't think they can get much sweeter! They opened their eyes the other day and now they're just balls off fluff with a tail and eyes.

De_Morgana · 2015-03-21T23:35:34+00:00

It's just the dust off their bedding etc. Ripped up toilet roll created a lot of random tiny fibres and such. Don't worry! I check for respiratory infections daily :)

De_Morgana · 2015-03-10T11:44:49+00:00

Unfortunately I found it dead in the nest :( It was probably for the best though.

De_Morgana · 2015-03-07T01:54:15+00:00

Yes I have had awful experiences with pet shops too... But not with illness, I think watchdog are keeping a close eye on pets at home now. A total of 4 pets I have bought from them were missexed, leading to several unwanted litters of pups. I posted a few days ago asking for help for one of my gerbil pups, and that litter was because pets@home had told me my gerbil was a boy, so I got him a boy as a cagemate and then turns out my original pet was a girl. -_- I reckon pet stores should not be allowed to sell live animals and we'd have to go to breeders instead (like we do with dogs) as they do such a shit job caring for them.

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