2007-01-24 23:03:39 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
uhmm.....im not sure if youre serious but I'd find a cheap vet if I were you...
my brother in law found this small rodent outside of his work.. We were never quite sure what it was but it had 2 broken legs. We werent even sure if it was legal to have it in our posession because it was a wild animal, so we didnt take it to the vet, we tried to nurse the poor thing back to health. His legs were basically mutilated and a vet wouldnt have been able to fix them. Anyway my grandmother said his back legs were gonna fall off and we all thought she was nuts..sure enough a few days later I took him out of his cage and he was missing one of his legs.....then the next day he was missing both his back legs.
I dont know if this always happens but if its really bad, apparently their legs can fall off...so might wanna be careful about that..
2007-01-24 23:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by Dani 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You had best be joking. It will be in pain and if it does heal before the little thing dies of pain, it probably won't heal straight. Do you know how painful a broken leg is? Someone should come and break your leg and see if you are ok with a home made splint.
you shouldn't have a gerbil if you can't afford vet bills. The bill won't come to much, or go to the RSPCA or Blue Cross or somewhere.
2007-01-25 02:40:25 · answer #2 · answered by Esquire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sellotape is a stupid idea it will pull out his hairs when you take it of have you actually inquired how much it would cost to go to a vet? its not as much as people think. you could agree a price with the vet before he does the leg. you could take it off yourself instead of going back. which would make it possibly just one visit to the vet needed to be honest if yu cant afford a decent standard of care for this animal which is your responability you should either give the animal away to someone who can or the local shelter.
2007-01-24 23:17:26 · answer #3 · answered by ms sensible 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used to work as a vet nurse some years ago, they used to leave the girble in a small tank when they broke a leg. this will limit the amount of digging and movement, but to be honest with you the girble will do what ever it feels it can do with the leg. if you think about it in the wild they would still have to run from preditors. as they say time is a healer and time will tell.
2007-01-28 06:24:31 · answer #4 · answered by MELANIE L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if ur in the uk take him/her to ur local pdsa dependin on whether or not ur on benefits
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dnt do anythin urself u mite make it worse u hav to take it to the vet
2007-01-26 00:56:10 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs Chad Michael Murray 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you can't afford the vet bills then you shouldn't have a pet. Save up your pocket money and take it too the vets
2007-01-24 23:54:20 · answer #6 · answered by Just Emma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just put the poor guy out of his misery - a whack on the back of the head by whopping him on the edge of the table should do it.
For those of you that fail to see the humour, I happen to know for a fact that this is how your sick fish will be put down - my sister is a veterinary nurse. Fish are not worth the anaesthetic to "put them to sleep". If you can't afford to treat an animal in the correct method, then it is more cruel to make it live on and suffer.
2007-01-24 23:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by cuddles_gb 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i think sellotape will hurt its skin
can u use a bandage?? like cloth or something?
but i dont think the matchstick idea is very good
2007-01-24 23:16:46 · answer #8 · answered by Layla 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take the gerbil to the pdsa or blue cross! You could cause more damage than good by doing it yourself.
They will accept a small donation if your on low income!
2007-01-24 23:07:03 · answer #9 · answered by sparklingstar 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Please do not try to splint your gerbil's leg yourself.
If you do it wrong, you can cause permanent damage to your gerbil's leg.
I'm afraid you'll have to find some money for the vet.
2007-01-24 23:07:55 · answer #10 · answered by maxximumjoy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋