On Feb. 26 My girlfriend and I went to our local pet store and was looking for another gerbil. My Girlfriend saw a little white one and wanted that one, so i asked the store employee if the gerbil was treated for major diseases and where they came from. At that time I was assured that they were quality gerbils and all in good health.
I got the gerbil home and put him in a new cage that I had bought him. I work nights so sometimes its hard for me to always notice everything, but three days later before i went to work I was changing their water and food and noticed he would not open his eyes and didnt run from my hand like normal. So I gave him some vitamins and went to work, well while I was at work he passed away.
At that time I still had to work the next few nights so I didnt have time to call the store and get the problem resolved. I cleaned the cage with bleach like my vet told me to do, so my other gerbil would not get the disease. Acording to the vet the gerbil had Wet Tail a serious disease that cause dehydration and is more common in Hamsters. It will cause likely death in all small animals, so I wanted to keep my gerbil safe.
Well Sunday March 5 I noticed that my gerbil, Spaz, would not move or open his eyes. I knew what was wrong and it upset me. I tried to give him water through an eye dropper but it was too late, he passed away Monday morning at 4 A.M.
Later on Monday morning I called the Pet Land store in Olathe, Kansas, where i purchased my little white gerbil. Debbie answered the phone, she is the store manager, and told her my situation. She was very rude and had no remorse for either gerbil that had passed away and lied to me telling me that they treat for Wet and Dry Tail Dissease every morning. She refused to give me a refund for the gerbil because I did not call a week after I had bought him. I missed by 12 Hours.
I miss my gerbil and i will never go back to Pet Land because they hire teenagers for minimum wage who know nothing about animls and don't care. All they want is the money, and don't care about anybody else.
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