This may mean you have to feed it by hand. If the gerbil is going to recover, it should do so within a week. A slight disability such as a limp may always remain. If the gerbil does not recover sufficiently to allow it to have a reasonable quality of life, then it may be kinder to have it put to sleep. 9 - Examine your gerbil's sex organs Females that have had many litters occasionally get a prolapse of the uterus.
Males occasionally get swollen penises.
A vet should treat both. 10 - Smell around your gerbil's cage Diarrhoea in gerbils is extremely rare. In the unlikely event of your gerbil having diarrhoea, your nose will soon alert you to the problem. Your suspicions will be confirmed by staining around the anus and base of the tail. Diarrhoea in gerbils is unlikely to be caused by over-indulgence in fruit and vegetables as it can be in other rodents.