> Hi list-
> Well, I was having a particularly difficult time administering
medicine
> and food to Hannah today. She was squirming like you wouldn't believe. In
> her frustration to free herself from the washcloth I was wrapping her in,
> she must have "huffed" or "snuffed" air out through her nose, which
> propelled a white piece of something out a little way. I pulled it out and
> it looked to me to be a very small piece of paper, or something like that.
> She has had no nasal discharge at all, and it wasn't wet or gooey which
> makes me think it was a foreign body of some sort. Anyway, I removed it
and
> her clicking became barely audible- I put her back with her family and she
> was running about, pouncing on other babies and ate a flake of oatmeal on
> her own. Has anyone seen this before?
>
> When the pups were still blind and hairless, I would often find one with
> it's nostrils blocked or covered by nest tissue. I checked them regularly
> and removed the paper, but I'm wondering if maybe a piece didn't get
inside
> and cause an obstruction that made it difficult to breathe. I'm going to
> continue the antibiotic and feeding supplements to be safe, but she does
> seem better, and definitely more comfortable.
>
> Please let me know of any thoughts you might have,
> Jill
>
> P.S. they are housed on carefresh, with plain paper/cardboard to chew and
> tissue for nesting.
>
HI Jill,
Sounds like you found the culprit for the clicking. I'm sure having a piece
of tissue lodged in the nose isn't common. I would continue with the meds
and supplemental feed for a few more days just to be sure.
Ann-Marie Roberts
T&T Gerbils, member of the AGS
Pup Count Project creator and maintainer
Please visit my website and pup count project at:
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/
The American Gerbil Society
http://www.geocities.com/amergerbsoc/index.html
