Well, almost any genetic defect could be from inbreeding too much. Fixed wrists,
kinked tails, and blindeness sometimes occor suddenly and never result again from
that pair, but I think the longer you inbreed the more it pops up.
Paige
Evon wrote:
> I have to say that I don't think kinks in the tail are normal. A gerbils tail
> is made of bone therefore if it is kinked, it is a broken bone or defect. I
> wouldn't say that is the *norm* for gerbils. I think I even read somewhere that
> a kink in the tail could be a result of inbreeding too much.
>
> Evon
> "Pineywoods Gerbils"
>
> Mary McDermott wrote:
>
> > About half of my gerbils have kinks in their tails (since their parents have
> > kinks, so do they). I think its pretty normal.
> > Mary
