Steven Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>HI, Everyone. Let me start this note off by saying I woke up this morning
>and all my gerbils were fine. when I come home from school today my grandma
>said look at your gerbils I think one is dead I go in and with my Favorite
>pair the REW female is just lying there. She is about 25-30 weeks old, was
>living with her sister. They were the ones living in the all together (4 in
>all in one cage) and I seperated them like 3 weeks ago. What I don't
>understand is I took the 2 that seemed dominent away and left the 2 that were
>less dominent together. I thought that this pair was the most docile. When
>I removed the body the back feet were injured and there was blood. Was there
>a fight?
Are their any bites anywhere else? Look under the fur on the back and
underneath.
> What could have caused it if there was one?
Probably dominance.
> and are there any
>other ideas why she could have died?
It could be many things. A stroke etc.
> Is there anything I should be doing?
Probably not. The legs may just be injured because the other gerbil
attempted to cannibalise the remains. This is normal.
>If there was a fight then should I try and pair the remaining gerbil up? I
>don't have any now that I can pair up with her. I really don't know what to
>do?
You will need to use a split cage but it probably is worth doing.
>
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