Cinthia A. Dunn-Izquierdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>It sounds like you may have a new mutation. The gerbil should not have any
>problems surviving with a lack of fur. There are now hairless rats on the
>market as well as cats and dogs. If she does not survive it would probably
>be due to some other health problem.
Genetically hairless gerbils have been recorded but the mutation is
probably extinct.
But as I have already said, small pups often fail to have a full coat of
fur for a short while. Eventually they will get a normal coat.
Swanson, H.H. 1980. The 'hairless' gerbil: a new mutant. Laboratory
Animals, 14, 143-147.
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Julian
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