Linnet has had a stroke

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Linnet has had a stroke; Worried
Topic Started: Aug 6 2008, 04:57 PM (117 Views)
TheLyddicleaveBurrow	Aug 6 2008, 04:57 PM Post #1
Beginner Posts: 16 Group: Member Member #278 Joined: 31 July 2008	Linnet, my beautiful PEW Mongolian girl, had a stroke yesterday morning after raising a litter of 8 pups. Her previous litter had also been huge as it contained 7 pups and it seems that the strain has been too much. Linnet is about 11 months old and would have been retired from breeding after this litter - none of my rodent girls are allowed to have more than 2 litters in their lifetime. Her 3 week old pups have been very carefully fostered with Fern, my Colourpoint Nutmeg girl, (see photo post in other Gerbil species) and Linnet is living with her older daughter Linnet. Linnet will be given every chance to pull through - but this is very worrying and upsetting. All of my gang are very special and it is dreadful when anything like this happens. I have had a number of beasties that have come through strokes, but have not had this happen with a Mongolian Gerbil before - does anybody have experience of strokes in Mongolians? A very worried Heather.



m4r14j	Aug 14 2008, 02:59 AM Post #2
Maria big boss lady Posts: 1,758 Group: Admin Member #12 Joined: 24 October 2006	im sorry to hear that heather, poor linnet. im no help im affraid never had a gerbil with a stroke, though with other rodents depending on the severity of the stroke most are able to live a realitively normal life. its amazing how animals adapt to their capabilities and situations. im sure linnet will be fine. i have a rat with a permanent head tilt from a stroke and she is fine, i have adapted her environment to suit her needs better (ie. totally padded out the cage so she can still live there with her sisters and should she fall, there is not a single area not padded by hammocks to catch her) so it really depends. how is linnet acting? can she feed herself? is her balance affected?



TheLyddicleaveBurrow	Aug 15 2008, 06:54 PM Post #3
Beginner Posts: 16 Group: Member Member #278 Joined: 31 July 2008	Good News!!! Linnet has regained the strength and movement in her paws and is back to rights. I am really thrilled because I thought that it would be a long road to get her back to health. She is eating well, and apart from a really tatty coat, it is not obvious that anything has been wrong with her. Lupin, her daughter, has been cuddling up to her mum throughout her illness and washing her ears. Very happy Heather.



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