My daughter broke stewarts tail!!

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Omg! I feel so bad like you have nooo idea! i almost cried. because i know stewart(her pet gerbil) is in pain..well i was my lotting last night.and i herd stewart like doing his little sqeeks but they wernt his normal squeeks. so i got nervous got up and went to him.sure enough half of his tail was gone,just musscle and bone exposed,thats when i started to cry. then i got it together and i called the pet stores for a number for a animal rescue lady that lived down the way somewere. and none of them had her number..(bs) anyway. so i am like panicing cause i know hes in pain and i dont have the money to take him to a vet. i knew that they would really know what to do and stop the pain for him.. so i called the emergency vet to see if they had her number or was there somthing they could do.. i mean i would have giving stewart to them if that ment they would fix him so he isnt in pain..well still nothing. so it was bleeding. the more he runs around the harder it was bleeding.. not like a human though.lol just like a tiny cut on our hand.anyway so i had to wash his tail with warm water,put corn starch on it to soak up the blood and to block it from bleeding. Now today i will have to put antibiotic ointment (neosporin) on it 3 times a day...i got this all of the internet by the way. i pray this works and is real info...supposedly it will dry up and fall off... this is a common injury in gerbils because there tail is not connected to their bidy. its like a defence mekonism, if somthing grabs on to its tail he can tug pull it off and run.. its really weird but pretty intresting. u should look it up.. andyways..i didnt have any questions at the beginning but as writing i thought of a few...~*Have you ever had a gerbil and this happend?*~ ~*How did it turn out?*~kenzel my little girls has had stewart for like 8 months now:( it makes me wana cry.. i know hes in so much pain:( i wonder if they have gerbil pain medacine at like the petstores? anyone know?