Deb Rebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>If there is any bare tail left, it needs to be amputated as
>the layers of bare tissue will just die off and necritize,
>and infection will set in and kill the animal.
This simply does not happen in gerbils.
Untreated the exposed tissue and bone simply dries up and drops off
within a few days. Please to not allow a vet to operate unless there is
sign of infection. An inexperienced vet will do more damage than nature!
Over some thirty or so degloving injuries I have seen in gerbils, none
have required any treatment. And that includes any use of cleansers,
antiseptics or anti-biotics.
As an owl prey animal, the tail is effectively a decoy. If the owl gets
the tail, it does not get the gerbil. This obviously makes the task of
the predator more difficult, and explains the tuft at the end of the
tail.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
