Comments on: The Last Post of the Year

By: ND

ND — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:49:16 +0000

Thank you!

By: Scott Kirwin

Scott Kirwin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:24:32 +0000

ND
Just watch them carefully. Back away from the cage so that you are out of sight and then watch them. The young gerb might be scared of the older one, or she might be just making noise. If you don’t see any signs of fighting, then I wouldn’t worry. Just be on the lookout for the telltale signs of aggression – like the young one not moving from a corner of the cage (pinned) or if she shows any wounds, missing hair, etc.

By: ND

ND — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:30:36 +0000

Hi! I don’t think anything is wrong, but I was just trying to introduce my almost 3-year-old gerbil (female) with two not even one-year-olds (I think they are about 4 months old, both female. They’ve been with each other for about two weeks, using the Split-Cage method of introduction, and they did NOT fight. However, one of the younger gerbils, just one, started squeaking at the older gerbil when there was nothing going on. They were just sniffing/tasting/grooming each other, not fighting, I know the difference between fighting and grooming, sniffing, and tasting. The other gerbil was completely fine with the older gerbil, as was the older gerbil with theboth of them. I don’t know why that one gerbil was squeaking, but I need to know whether or not it is something to worry about.

Thanks!

By: cutie pie

cutie pie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:27:02 +0000

thanks and we still have MY gerb, ithat was my brother’s and now were gnna get new gerbs, 2 so she wont be lonely were going to do the split cage introduction method

By: Scott Kirwin

Scott Kirwin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:21:11 +0000

CP
As you will find on my website I have had many pets and many of them “have gone to heaven” too. It’s part of owning and taking care of animals. Some people feel sad so much that they never have pets again. That way they cannot be hurt. Others like me lose old pets and gain new ones. I don’t feel alive unless I have other living things around me: cats, dogs, gerbils – even plants. Sometimes they make me worried. Other times they make me happy. And unfortunately sometimes they make me sad.

But I never stop loving animals, and I never forget each and every one of them. Gidget. Brandy. Maggie. Wendy – and more recently Curly and Chalupa. I loved each one, and each one made me sad when it “went to heaven.”

I learned that when one pet goes, it just makes room for another that needs a good home. Hopefully you will see that in the end you are better off with pets than you are without – and that you will have many, many pet friends in your life.

Take care,
Scott Kirwin

By: cutie pie

cutie pie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:23:36 +0000

its ok shes gone to heaven now. shes ok

By: cutie pie

cutie pie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:56:20 +0000

we’re worried it’s her leg or spine shes still putting out waste, but not eating. shes trying to move but she cant she could move yesterday. shes drinking though we made sure we’re really worried since we’re first time gerbil owners and we just wanna know shes ok

By: cutie pie

cutie pie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:44:46 +0000

PLEASE HELP things had been going ok with our gerbils, but now the really fluffy one is lighter than they crazy active one and shes not moving mery much her eyes are almost alyaws closed or half closed and if you lay her on heer side, she just lays there instead of flipping right side up like she used to PLEASE HELP WE’LL TAKE HER TO A VET IF WE NEED TO PLEASE GIVE ADVISE ON WHAT TO DO UNTIL WE CAN GET HER TO ONE!! PLEASE

By: rotem

rotem — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:32:25 +0000

Beautiful creatures, love the pic.

By: ron

ron — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:26:18 +0000

Those babies are adorible