Hi everyone! I am new here and hope that you can help me. We have a pair of male gerbils that have co habitated together for almost a year. Monday, we went into the living room and found them brawling in a ball soaked in blood. We got them separated and put them in their own cages.

Now, can they ever be re-introduced? Or will they have to be alone forever? I hope you can help me. They do seem to be very unhappy and looking for one another. We are just devistated.

Copper is a "lilac" who lost his brother the day we brought them home. He was kept at the store for us to see if he would get tyzzers as well. But he came home at about a month.
He began to get aggressive as gerbils do when they are alone so we brought Scamp (REW) home. He was only about 6wks old and they took to each other famously.

Now, suddenly, they are fighting to the death with bites all over their heads and their lips are torn. They are eating, drinking and digging so we assume they are fine.