george champlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I am very new to rodents. I feel very stupid with
>some of my questions but I've only had my hamster
>about 3 or so months and my gerbils only a month or
>so. Anyway, after more careful examination, I have
>realized that it isn't really their noses.....on the
>three gerbils that are really bad looking it's hard to
>even see their noses because everything just looks red
>and sore but from looking at my newest gerbil
>Peanutbutter who hasn't been affected, below his
>actual nostrils are I guess the "lip" area around his
>mouth......well, that is the area that is really
>irritated on the other gerbils. Peanutbutter has
>white fur there but the others have lost their fur
>between their mouth and nostrils, it's so irritated
>that the nose and mouth area seem to run together, so
>I thought it was their nose but really it's the mouth
>area between the nostrils and mouth. So, does this
>change things?
Probably not.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
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