Rogelio Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Horrible news.... I had a female Polar fox and a male DTW in split cage for
>about a week, and they had started to calm down a bit. At first all the
>female could think about was killing the DTW. I come home from running
>errands to find that the Polar fox had forced her way into the DTW's side,
>and he was in a toilet paper tube hiding from her. She was acting normal,
>but he wasn't. He's beat up badly, and when I picked him up to rescue him, i
>noticed his hind right foot dangling. There wasn't any blood on the break,
>but he was bleeding elsewhere. I don't know what to do. Should I euthanize
>him? I can't afford a veterinarian right now, I have a deposit to pay for an
>apartment. I feel bad, I don't know what to do. He's sqeaking loudly right
>now. He's in his own compartment again. :( Thanks.
If he is kept warm and you make sure he is drinking fluids he should be
OK. Don't worry too much about the break, if the break has not opened up
a wound it should heal OK.
Have a look at http://www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/ailments.htm
and
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/fighting.htm
for advice.
--
Julian
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