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Re: HELP fight - blood - need advice
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lokix-@aim.com
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Sep 19, 2007 19:46 PDT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kansas Fahje <mede-@yahoo.com>
To: gerb-@topica.com
Sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:08 pm
Subject: Re: [GML] HELP fight - blood - need advice
My two boys, Kasa and Zeeko, and my two girls, Chesa and Suki, both had that problem.? I tried to get them back together but they always fought. They were about six months old.? I have heard of some people getting their gerbils to not fight.? As to the ointment, I? used hydrogen peroxide applied with a q-tip, but it didn't seem to help or hurt at all.
dism-@hotmail.com wrote:
Okay guys, I know this is something that I could probably have gotten
answers to through a search, but the Topica Search function isn't
working. Here is the situation:
We got a pair of males in mid-April (5 months ago). When we got them,
the tank at the pet store said "3 yr old gerbils". We don't personally
think that they are three years old, but they are defintely over 1 yr
old. They have gotten along very well, with no more
than the standard
squeeking and "play fighting". That is up until today.
I saw them up this morning and noticed that Dillon, our white one had
discolored patch of fur at his neck on the right side. I called for my
husband and on examination, my fears were proven, it was dried blood.
Marty, our agouti one had a similar spot on his neck on the left side.
It looked old and they appeared to be okay.
We had changed their cage (20-gallong long) about a week ago and added a
terra cotta saucer to try to help with long claws and a small wooden
house. The existing structures in the cage were their larger wooden
nest house and a wooden log tunnel. These two items have been their
since their initial set-up, with only the house being changed for an
identical one when it becomes dirty.
We gave them fresh food and went about getting ready for our day. I
heard a scuffle and we emerged to find a gerb-ball going on. My
husband
separated them to find Marty with a fresh wound to his neck on the left
side. It was bleeding quite a bit, but stopped within a reasonable
amount of time. We immediately put Marty into the 10-gallon cage we use
for them when we are cleaning the main cage.
Now here are the questions. 1) since they have drawn blood, is there
any chance for a reconcilation? I have not read much that sounds
promising. 2) how long can they be separated and still have a chance
for making up without a split cage? The bedding in both cages smells of
both boys and we'll continue to move some back and forth to insure this.
3) If we try a split cage and it doesn't work, is it best to keep them
as a split cage or put them in two separate 10-gallon tanks? 4) Should
we put antibiotic ointment on their wounds or get antibiotics for their
water?
All help is appreciated. We have never dealt with fights resulting in
blood shed.
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