I'm sorry for your loss, was he losing any weight? Check the teeth too in case its overgrown... Some of my gerbils also died at 1 year plus, I suspected they chew the wire I used to hang my bottle too much until it became a bit rusty and poison themselves,but not sure also.

Sometimes it can happen for no reason, just pay attention to the other gerbils, if one day they seem to be losing weight or sleeping a lot then have to monitor closely.

disinfect and clean the tank lo... better sieve your mealworms as well, sometimes their poo n all can attract ants or mites i think

I think you can buy the hobo brand mite spray. Its available in a few pet shops like 88 petsmart. Its a yellow bottle with a pic of bird on it. There is a version for rabbits as well I think but better use the bird one for gerbils.You can spray it on the gerbils and also the bedding, but not directly on their food la.

Actually are you sure its mites? What do they look like? Gerbil mites cannot be seen so easily actually. Are they actually weevils or some oher bug?

RIP to your pied zoe

Nice nutmeg there. Where you bought the other one from?

Hey pics lar... haha... girl a bit hard for me, all my females quite dominent, took me ages to introduce Lyori to Anya and Reika after Anko died. If guy, hehe... I also sure snap up. My clan of 5 boys now left 3 only after Keith and Daryl passed on.

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Sep 14 2007, 11:18 AM

Wow, nice pics and pups, hehe... fat fat

"The gerbils may find space preferable to returning to Earth - several are to be dissected upon their return."

Too bad about the dissecting part though

RIP to my gerbils grandpa. He was having tumor right? Sorry about the little fox too, but I guess it sometimes happens to the runts of the litter..... hope the rest grow up fine.

How was the tumour when he died? Did it get infected already or something? neo's scent gland tumour is still there, although somehow shrunk a bit, I heard that usually it won't kill a gerbil unless they start biting at it until it gets infected.

I heard some ppl say, to deodourise the coconut, can put baking soda inside and tie in plastic bag for 1 day.

Nose bleed ar, the coconut so smelly? haha....

mites doesnt cause wounds like that suddenly, more likely your gerbil injured itself. You can use iodine for the wound and monitor he gerbils to make sure they are not fighting.

Its the gerbils scent gland. Males have it... its a normal thing. Supposed to look like a patch of hard skin.

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Sep 19 2007, 04:13 PM

If the others are bullying him, put a split cage in and let him recover first.

Split I make myself.. you can refer to the first page for the pics... lol

The wheel so far petsmoore got I think, and also the small teman megah shop (not pets family, the one opposite)

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Sep 21 2007, 01:30 PM

Yesterday something a bit weird happened. I gave my gerbils a bit of bread for breakfast, then I cleaned their tank, threw away all the shavings with the leftover food and wash it.... then refill the tank with clean shavings and straw, then I went to clean the other tanks... few hours later I came back to that tank.. then I saw the pieces of bread still there in the tank.

I transfer my gerbils into another cage when I was cleaning their tank lo... tat time mouth not holding anything, so its a bit of a mystery, haha