Hello all,
My husband and I are wondering if anyone has any
advice on how to handle a gerbil who is almost 3 years
old and seems to be having respiratory problems. They
began about 3 months ago, and nothing about their
bedding (Aspen) was changed. The other younger gerbil
is fine, with no visible problems.
Sancho, the sick gerbil, started breathing heavily..in
other words, when sitting still, you could see him
move back and forth much more than normal. It got
worse over a few days, and so we took him to the vet.
Sancho was put on SMZ-TMP, and the infection came back
a week or two after, then on Baytril, same thing, then
longer on Baytril, and now he is just starting to show
signs again after being off for about two weeks
(longer than last time).
The good news is that he has never been bad enough to
lose appetite or energy, and still chews vigorously
and scoots about. The bad news is that he just looks
miserable as he breathes heavily. Has anyone here had
this experience? We even tried another vet, and no
new insight, except that we went ahead and treated
Sancho's cagemate just in case she was passing it back
to him. I am in Madison, WI, so if anyone out there
has any suggestions for vets who are aggressive in
treating this sort of thing, let me know.
Thank you in advance for your time...
Jennifer
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