A couple of days ago I posted about one of my gerbils who has a bloody
nose. I changed the bedding from aspen to Carefresh, and removed a PVC
pipe toy that I thought he may have been scratching or cutting his nose
on. Since I made these changes, his nose is almost back to normal. The
reason I bring this up is that I have noticed his cagemates paying a lot
of attention to his nose, but since it's getting better rather than
worse, I have to assume that either the bedding or the toy was the
problem, and the other gerbils may look like they're biting his nose,
but are actually just grooming him and paying special attention to his
nose because it's a little bit scabbed over. That may be what he is
noticing with his gerbils.
> [Angela] [Hull] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> >I'm trying to help a boy who accidently got a male and female from a pet
> >store and now has pups. He's told me that the female has a bloody nose and I
> >suggested that he should change bedding. But he replied that the male seems
> >to bite her on the nose. Any suggestions on what I should tell him to do?
> >
> >-Angie
