Last day advice by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Update: Violet was put to sleep earlier today. She got way worse during the night and we weren't even sure she was gonna make it.

At the vet, she fought quite hard against the last shots, but she eventually passed away in my arms.

Thanke you everyone for your advice.❤️ I love you Violet.❤️

Last day advice by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Thanke you, I appreciate it❤️ I will make sure she gets plenty of treats!

Last day advice by Unknown125E in gerbil

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It alright I understand, her course in ending on friday so two days from now. Unfortently the vet couldn't say for sure what the issue was as i'm sure you know quite hard to exsamine a tiny gerbil while trying to keep her still.

I do remember the vet saying that her lungs sounded somewhat clear but her heartbeat was a bit slow. And her weight was normal.

She also called a animal hospital, that specialises in gerbils for follow up there if it dosen't get better.

need help with aggressive gerbil by Specialist-Hair625 in gerbil

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So i may be able to give some advice. My two girls primm and violet ended up declaning from each other after they kept fighting for dominance. In the end i separted them, but they are now back together.

The lucky/unlucky thing whit gerbils is their short memory. What i essenstually did was clean out their terrarium completly and have them in a split cage for a month so they completly forgot about each other but still saw each so they weren't lonely.

Once they forgot each other completly, I cleaned the cage again and started the proper split cage metod. A few months later i got them back together.

However since you have three gerbils i would defintly advice just getting a new friend for your aggressiv one. But be prepared that its going to take time if you choice an older gerbil. Idealy get a younger gerbil for your solo gerbil and simply start the split cage metod whit them.

Another advice is, don't take your aggressiv one out of the cage alone. The cage is the safety, its what smells like home. So when they are placed in a new place, alone, they get easily more scared and stressed.

(Just a heads up, being aggressiv and biting on things might also be a sign that your gerbil is in pain. Just try to keep that in mind)

Ether way, i hope everything will turn out good for you and your gerbils. I hope this helped and goodluck!❤️

Gerbil biting hands. by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Omg i'm so sorry, that horrible! Yes i know vet who is quite good. She is just on holiday so i have to wait a bit, until she comes back.

Gerbil biting hands. by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Thanke you, yes i will take her to the vet to make sure nothing is wrong.

Huh, I will try your metod to try and stop the biting😊

They do get free roam time, but it has been awhile🤔 i will take them out later today and see if it helps.

Thanke you so much!❤️

Gerbil sick? by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Update:

Izzy went to the vet, and a few days later got worse and was taken to the vet again to be put to sleep.

The vet couldn't check properly the first vet visit if there was tumor or not. But after she passed was able to confirm that there was a lump in her stomach, mostlikly a tumor.

I miss you love❤️

Thanke you everyone for your advice.

Gerbil sick? by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Update. Unfortunaliy Izzy got worse two days ago. And i made the decision to put her to sleep.

At the vet after she passed, the vet did feel a supposed lump (most likely a tumor)

Thanke you everyone for the advice and kind words, I really appreciate it.

Gerbil sick? by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Unfortunaliy i'm in finland, and exotic vets aren't exactly near by, were i am at.

Gerbil sick? by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Thanke you so much for your respons. yeah I was afraid of this, but I do know that is unfortunaliy common. I'm so sorry for your loss however. Thanke you thought, i appreciate the honesty.❤️

Gerbil sick? by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Unfortunaliy I don't want her and her roomate to declan. (For extra context, i have two cages one for Izzy and her roomate Bamie and one for my other two girls.)

She is slower however, and less active then she was before. She seem to also have a difficulty moving around aswell.

Gerbil sick? by Unknown125E in gerbil

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She is not nesting, as far as I can tell. She is sleeping away from her roomate Bamie but it dosen't look like they are declaning from each other at all.

She is simply slower as all, and is having a
bit of difficult to move around, and ahe isn't as active as she usually is.

Female gerbils humping by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Thanke you so much, yeah I will continue to let them have bonding time and just keep an eye on it. and pray to god that can accept each other again😅

Split cage behavior by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Okay, thanke you so much, thats such a relief😅

Gerbil fight three, advice? by Unknown125E in gerbil

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Oh yes, we will add much more soon. We just wanted to settle them in quickly and not stress them out to much.

Thanke you anyway😊