I'm also lazy to clean thats why I rather spend more on good bedding so that I don't have to clean my 5 tanks so often..haha

put some water on top of an aroma burner if u have one, it should be enough to last 1 day. Otherwise give some veges to the gerbil.

Haha its was hard for me to recognise my 2 Agouti boys too, only that one was thinner and one fatter. Also the personality got slight difference

haha taro also very busy, have to monitor the gerbils

maybe already full gua..just leave it there for another 2 or 3 days and see if they eat it, if not only throw away n replace

just took this pic....wonder is it not unconfortable for the top gerbil...and heavy for the bottom one, haha.. Griffin sleeep until his fur so messy.

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Aug 2 2007, 11:44 PM

my gerbil pic is dropshots pic wo.... not photobucket, ur server block that site?

haha maybe u go to the link manually :

http://media1.dropshots.com/photos/170327/...0802/232408.jpg
http://media0.dropshots.com/photos/170327/...0730/221424.jpg

Oh, haha..then I really have no idea of the problem ! if u add me in msn or yahoo i can show u the pic la, lol...

Sorry to hear that. Btw, Neo's scent gland tumor shrunk adi... but its still there la. not sure why also, coz I feed my gerbils all sorts of stuff so I dunno which of them got positive effect on the tumor. One of the stuff i got feed is taros vege powder la, but not to say feed everyday also...once a week is more like it.

Today was a sad day, my gerbil Anko passed on, she suddenly got very ill last night. The symptoms seem to be wet tail sickness. Got diarrhea, not active, not eating and body very cold on touch. I wish I had realised the problem sooner but she was still active earlier although lost a bit of weight on so I didnt realise the seriousness of the problem. Hard to identify diarrhea in gerbils since they live in shavings, I only found out last night when i saw her lying down and not eating anything at dinnertime. Sometimes also a price to pay if you have many pets... since i got 13 gerbils i don't check each of their body condition everyday, as long as they are active and they eat, I consider that they are well. I syringe fed her twice last night, since whole day she didnt eat or drink, and put her under a warm light but in the end can't make it. Sigh, very sad... coz she was from the 1st litter of gerbils born in my house. She was the runt of the litter and I thought she won't survive but she did. Early morning I woke up to check on her, she was still lying down, eyes open. After I touch her body and stroke her, she close her eyes and stretch out sideways, wah, I thought she died...but when I pick her up, she move a bit. I syringe feed her and put her back, then I went to sleep. One hour later I check back on her, shes adi passed away. Hope she RIP..... at least not suffering anymore. She was only 1 year and 4 months old.

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Aug 5 2007, 11:54 PM

I don't weigh them often la..but loose weight can see from the outlook usually.

I have brought my gerbils to the vet before, but the vet has not seen a gerbil before, but still try to treat it la... if you need to see the vet, better make a phone call first to ask if they treat gerbils. In fact..some vets are afraid of gerbils.... coz they look mousey

Just hang 2 water bottles in their tank + lots of food and hay. The longest time I left my gerbils at home was 4 days, still got food leftover when I got back coz I put so much, haha

Nice pied gerbil there, good pied marking, take careof her well, she should be pretty soon!

haha soo "chubby" your kokoa

woo look at all the gerbils...

You can pick up gerbil babies soon after they are born if the mum trusts you, no problems but you must wash your hands 1st la.

All the best for bubbles surgery! One of my old gerbils that I adopted also got eye problem, one of the eyes sometimes can open sometimes cannot, but no growth la, maybe old age also, sigh.

5 tanks of gerbils reduced to 4 tanks liao... Finally manage to intro some of my girls together after one of them passed away 2 weeks ago. Today clean 3 tanks also very tired adi...haha

the vege they put on top of chicken rice for decoration

You mean Jerboas? Their eyes quite big one...and legs very long

Hun, hows the gerbils tat were nursed by a rat ar? Anything unique about their behaviour?