HELP! I think my gerbils legs are broken!

[Nocturnal]

I'd try taking it to a vet. If they can't fix the leg I think they'll put them to sleep.

 

[mee987]

remember on seinfeld when george had to take the squirrel to the vet for emergency surgery? they had to order some special very tiny instruments, but they got the job done.

 

[oniq]

Put a funnel on its head so it wont bite its legs/feet.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: mcveigh

Originally posted by: cavemanmoron
sorry for your pet,

if its biting its feet, its better off if you kill it and buy a new one.

Please don't let it suffer,but,don't take it to the vet,as they would prob charge like $200 or even more to try to save it.

If you have a pointed shovel,you can use that to kill it,and bury it {if you have a yard}

Do not hide this from your children,it is part of life,that pets die,as do people too...

"When the need arises-- and it does--you must be able to shoot your own
dog. Don't farm it out--that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse."

it may come to that I hope not.

i'm reminded of a Robert Heinlein quote about how one day you'll have to put your own dog down, and it's best to do it quick and not farm it out.

 

[ed21x]

think up a painless way to kill it. Perhaps some morphine, or hard liquor until its out cold, then end it quickly.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: ed21x
think up a painless way to kill it. Perhaps some morphine, or hard liquor until its out cold, then end it quickly.

Or a 12 gauge slug to it's gerbil brains.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: ed21x
think up a painless way to kill it. Perhaps some morphine, or hard liquor until its out cold, then end it quickly.

Or a 12 gauge slug to it's gerbil brains.

i said a .22 or a boot heel crushing the skull. one of those is the best option.



or maybe slipping some abscinthe into it's water dish

 

[mee987]

we had to put down a pet rat once. a single .22 shot did the job, i cant imagine him feeling much.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: mcveigh OK now she is biting her toes and feet and making them bleed!!!

"*nibble* Hey.. I can't feel my legs. Cool. *nibble*"

rofl. That shouldn't be funny but it is

I so agree. Also, it might be biting it's legs, actually trying to remove them thinking that they are stuck somehow (Like a coyote. They will actually start gnawing at their leg if it is caught in a trap). I once had a few gerbils. I had a brown male, brown female, and black male. The browm male torured the black one, and eventually actually ate the black one's tail off. We then got a new one (a baby). When we introduced it to the other's, they all pounced it. I think the combined attack broke the baby's spine and legs. It eventually died, but this thread reminded me of it.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Kill it quickly and painlessly.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: mee987
we had to put down a pet rat once. a single .22 shot did the job, i cant imagine him feeling much.

rats out in the wild often take like 3-4 22 slugs if not in the head..... damn chicken killers.

 

[Rage187]

"If you have a pointed shovel,you can use that to kill it

Do not hide this from your children,it is part of life,that pets die,as do people too..."




Lol, killing the family pet w/ a shovel in front of the kids. That sure as hell will teach them who is in charge.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Eli
I would just do as the websites suggest. Taking it to the vet seems a little extreme...

They're like what, 4$?

Sorry. I shouldn't say that, I'm not really like that.. I respect all life. It was just my first reaction.

It appears you have more symapthy for ants

 

[dmurray14]

Originally posted by: Rage187
"If you have a pointed shovel,you can use that to kill it

Do not hide this from your children,it is part of life,that pets die,as do people too..."




Lol, killing the family pet w/ a shovel in front of the kids. That sure as hell will teach them who is in charge.

LMAO, way to make me laugh. Thanks!!!

edit: hahahahah still laughing

 

[wfbberzerker]

at least ask a vets opinion on what to do, he/she should be able to tell you if its best to nurse it or put it out of its misery.

 

[Lyfer]

Kill it, cook it, feed it to the kids.

Show em how hard life was in the old days.

 

[xcript]

Poor little bastard.

Can you eat gerbil?

Edit: Lyfer answers my question.

 

[Howard]

Osso buco a la gerbil

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: Howard
Osso buco a la gerbil

in engrish!

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: mcveigh
thanks Azraele she is only about 8 weeks old, so I don't know if that makes her a baby still. she eats normal food, and she ate a little bit a few minutes ago so hopefully that is good.

So.... what happened? You let it live in all that pain? Biting it's toes and bleeding should tell you something about how it's feeling.... if it doesn't you shouldn't own gerbils. Sorry, it's true. Put the damn thing out of its misery!

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Jugernot

Originally posted by: mcveigh
thanks Azraele she is only about 8 weeks old, so I don't know if that makes her a baby still. she eats normal food, and she ate a little bit a few minutes ago so hopefully that is good.

So.... what happened? You let it live in all that pain? Biting it's toes and bleeding should tell you something about how it's feeling.... if it doesn't you shouldn't own gerbils. Sorry, it's true. Put the damn thing out of its misery!

I don't know why, but the title of this thread made me laugh. :evil:

Still, if the gerbil has a broken back, I suggest killing it -- as said above, it would be cruel to let it live like that.

Still, despite all of our interest, if you put it down without taking it to the vet, you probably shouldn't post it here (remember the reaction in the fish thread -- imagine a gerbil), but don't let it live in misery if you can avoid it.

 

[Tsaico]

I say let it suffer, I have a friend who just broke his neck two months ago... He is still a quadrapelegic and his family let him suffer... He said he had wished they let him go when they had the chance, instead of reviving him and hooking him up. Now he doesn't know how to tell them to disconnect them... If we would let a person suffer, why should we let the gerbil go quick? Sorry, kinda sensitive about this issue now...

I also hope that all the people who said no suffering, kill the gerbil, are also supporters of euthanasia. (side note on a lighter side, when I was a kid, I thought the US population was against Asian kids... youth in Asia...)

 

[So]

Sorry to hear about your friend. I don't know if this is a good moment to start that debate up (thread topic maybe)?

Asian kids... youth in Asia

haha!

 

[EngenZerO]

do what macguyver would do? re-align the bone and hold in place with duct tape.

 

[moonshinemadness]

I read this thread last night when i was somewhat drunk...i thought i dreamt it obviously not...poor gerbil....knock it over the head