On Sun, 22 October 2000, george champlin wrote:
>
> Help my year old daughter picked up her baby gerbil
> by its tail last night. It broke off and i dont know
> what to do. It is my fault for not telling her not to
> do that. She said she saw the guy picking up mice by
> thier tail at the pet store. Will the gerbil live? how
> should i care for the gerbil?
>
> =====
> GEOCHAMP
This is a very common mistake. Just keep an eye on it for infection but it should be
ok without you having to do anything. It looks much worse than it really is. The
gerbil will be fine.
-- Tana and The Little Rascals
http://thesanctuary.tripod.com
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