Respiratory infections/diseases
The most common one I
see. It mostly is a reaction to there bedding, pine or cedar. Mostly in elderly
and young pups. Thy symptoms that are recognized is clicking, and chills.
They best way I found to treat it is by buying Ornacyclene ( usually used
for birds) and adding a half of a pill to there water bottle. You can find
ornacyclene in most pet stores. Click here to
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Seizures
Sometimes placing your gerbil
in a new place can cause a seizure. It looks as if your gerbil has frozen
and twitches a little bit. If it had a mild seizure let it rest and it should
be fine in a few minutes, and keep it warm, but in severe seizures most gerbils
don't make it. Which is very upsetting when you come to see that you gerbil
mysteriously died.
Red Nose
Red nose accompied by
fur lose around the nose is caused usually the bedding you use. Gerbils should
not be placed on Pine or cedar, I am a believer that pine kills! . I would
immediately switch to aspen or carefresh, and put triple antibiotic cream
on there noise to reduce the swelling and irritation. I can not stress this
enough, Pine and Cedar is horrible to your gerbil and any other pet for that
matter! Red nose is also a sign of your gerbil rubbing his/her nose on her
cage, usually happens in a wire cage which gerbils are easily annoyed by.
Place your gerbil in a glass aquarium with a mesh lid.
Diareha/tyzzer's disease
Gerbil's can catch tyzzer's
disease, which usually results in death if not treated ASAP! Usually
symptoms are a wet bottom, chills, and they seem to just sit, it seems as
if there motionless. I would treat them with ornacyclene or dri tail, right
in there water or threw a eye dropper, to make sure they get the medicine.
