Justice for Gerbils

27/08/2025

Update:
Secured, in a safe foster family till Saturday when (s)he goes to his forever home 🤗
(S)He's a Roborovski and was in a really crappy peanut cage 😱 as well as free to anyone and left on a doorstep 😔

PLEASE DONT COMMENT THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD OR CAN'T AS IT HINDERS THE PROCESS. Thanks 😁

Can ANYONE here potentially adopt a hammy ASAP?!
I may have a hammy (no idea which type!) that's being given away on FB Marketplace apparently dropped off later this evening.
I will take it in as I see it as an emergency to get it off the selling platform and falling into the wrong hands, but I really don't have the space/ shouldn't!

PLEASE ANYONE??
I may be able to help with a wheel, toys etc

27/08/2025

10mth old single male in Coventry on Gerbil Rescue group guys 🙏

27/08/2025

This is Susan, Scrumptious Sweet Susan.
She's about 3.5yrs old and has a heart condition.
I don't need a vet to tell me nowadays I have seen so many with heart problems and the symptoms are pretty generic...

Thick head
Bulgy bullfrog eyes
Bobbing at times
Stopping in pain at times
Erratic breathing at times

I'm sending her to heaven later on this afternoon before she gets worse.
I've tried the medication on the market and IF it eases it for a day or two, they then plunge into enormous distress and suffering.
It's unbearable and I don't want her to go through it like so many before had to whilst I tried hopelessly everything I possibly could.

She's had a good life here. She knows she's loved and her sister Pauline will be right by her side till just before the end.

The silver lining is that Rosie lost Phoebe yesterday and is of a similar age so their bonding will begin today or tomorrow the latest.
No need to wait at all.

26/08/2025

This weekend we said goodbye to a little mouse and the scrumptious Boris, BoBo. Both I found gone.

26/08/2025

ANOTHER UPDATE:
Phoebe has died. There was some oozing from the wound so they went back in to sew her again...it all went well and right at the last minute she crashed 😢 Rescussitation didn't work unfortunately 🥺

UPDATE:
Dennis' teeth have been burred successfully 🤗
Vet has removed Phoebe's ovaries as there were cysts/ tumours ☺️ Let's hope she recovers well 🤞
Following an x-ray and putting him under to inspect further, Josh's back leg will be left to heal hopefully although it was initially though amputation would be required. His abdomen doesn't seem quite right so I'll have to monitor him.

3 at the vets today:

Dennis - teeth burring
He has this done every month. I've never had such a reoccurring problem like this on all the hundreds I've had over the years.

Joshua - back leg(s) query..something isn't right and it's not a simple break that needs rest and pain relief. I'm worried what's going on.

Phoebe - ovarian cyst/ tumour removal. Invasive surgery and very common in females over 3yrs. She's gone pear shaped now and her tummy feels swollen.

Fingers, tails & whiskers crossed.
I'll update you when I know.

Phoebe 3.5 yrs (R) + Rosie 4yrs (L) bonded and inseparable. Rosie will be lost without her

24/08/2025

More Bank Holiday Cuteness in the form of Ian, Terry and John 🖤🩶🤍

23/08/2025

Bank holiday weekend
CUTENESS 🥰
4wks old

22/08/2025

ALVIN & EUGENE
The bonding begins 😀

In a slightly smaller tank than I'd like, but needs must and I like to start the process as soon as possible following the loss of their partners. Really no need to wait unless siblings passing may be due to an illness that could be contagious.

ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD FOR THESE TWO 🙏

21/08/2025

Goodnight Rodney 🤎🤍🤎
Much loved you cute little button❣️

From this...
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19gqDGwpjn/

To this...
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A4G3tPo2K/

Every beauty is buried with a sign and plant here, specifically chosen for their little characters. Rodney was a light that shone so bright once he was out of that torture chamber of a cage ☺️ He bonded so well with Eugene who was so lovely with him and kept him company and gave him much needed friendship.

21/08/2025

20/08/2025

Update: I've almost got 1/3!

URGENT PLEA I'M AFRAID

Some of you helped me out a couple of weeks ago with two SG Tumour removal operations and just about this week I've been able to pay for the two on Monday just gone.
I need to book in two girls, Phoebe & Susan to most likely get their ovaries removed due to cysts/ tumours. This is a little more invasive as an op and also more expensive unfortunately 😬

If anyone can be so kind as to help in any shape or form, no matter how small it would be amazing.
I literally can't afford this myself at the moment 🤕

PayPal at [email protected] is the best way really.

Thanks ever so much for your continued support 🙏

20/08/2025

In all the chaos of the last 48hrs I forgot to mention Doreen 🩶 She had a SG Tumour removed on Monday too and that was successful 🤗
Generally I find much less in females, but they can occur and are mostly linked to an ovarian cyst.