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> 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.
I have seen this before too. For example, Pookie's sore paw (which turned out to be an
infection). I have seen his cagemate Rascal very carefully washing it! It is getting
better
BTW, the vet drained it *shudder* and told me to put him on antibiotics. He also gets
it
bathed in warm salt water every day, and boy he really HATES that ...
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