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this lady called the pet store i work at and asked me what's wrong with her gerbil. she said that he'd gone into hibernation the night before, but they had managed to get him out of it that morning. she also said that he lost a lot of weight, going from a bit overweight to underweight in just 24 hours. he's very lethargic, and will not eat or drink. anyone know what's wrong with the little guy? i told her to take him to the vet, but i wanna know what it could have been.

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>> Anonymous
sounds like cage paralysis. his environement might not be well ventilated. You might be able to save him if you give it some fish oil. You can administer it via soaking codliver oil on some old bread crumbs.

but it is probably to late.
>> Anonymous
Huh. I had a gerbil for three years and I don't ever remember it going into hibernation.

...wouldn't waking it up from hibernation be bad for him?
>> Anonymous
>>325598
hibernation=death
>> Anonymous
i had gerbils before... never had such a thing happening.

it sounds very sick.
>> Anonymous
OP here. i'm looking for a diagnosis btw, but it sounds like most people know about as much as i do about it. main thing is, i told her to take the thing to the vet, so hopefully she can save the little guy if there's anything severely wrong with him.
>> Anonymous
Kinda sounds like wet tail.
>> Anonymous
>>325743
Thought wet tail was just diarrhea.
>> Anonymous
>>325729

No idea about diagnosis, but all of my gerbils (5) have died within 24h after showing any signs of sickness or weakness.
>> Anonymous
>>325783
yeah, most animals that are prey tend to hide any signs of sickness until it's almost too late. if they show that they're sick, theyre pretty much an easy meal
>>325773
it basically is, but small animals can get dehidrated really easily and when they're sick they usually don't eat or drink.
>> Anonymous
>>325598
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