Gerbil Loses a Tail

I was going to let two gerbils out of their cage to run around on the floor. I grabbed the first one and put her down on the ramp. Then I grabbed the tail of the second gerbil to let her out. She dove down into a hole in her cage as I held onto her tail. Then her tail seemed to break off.

Momoko read up on the situation and said the gerbil might need to clean what was left of her tail. I put a bath in her cage. She came out to see what I was doing. It seems her tail did not fully break off. Instead I pulled off the fur and some skin.

Momoko directed Little Kat to clean the gerbil cage. He put bag a floor of fluff. Then he had Momoko cut a new box to be their house. He lowered the water bottle so they could drink easily. He left out most of the other stuff that is usually in their cage. Both gerbils seemed okay. Whew.