Donna Anastasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Can anyone provide advice to this woman who wrote to me (see below)
>about her injured or ill gerbil?
>
>Thank you -- I'll pass on any messages to her.
>
>"I came by your web site through ags and wondered if you could give me
>some advice about our gerbil. We have a 1 1/2 year old male. He has been
>active and healthy until this evening when I went to check on him. He
>cannot use his right front paw and is leaning to the right. I took him
>out of cage and noticed a tiny amount of blood on his nostrils though it
>has seemed to continue bleeding. I don't think he fell or I would have
>heard it happen. He didn't seem to mind me touching the paw he can't
>use. Your advice would be greatly appreciated."
The red substance in the nostrils is almost certainly red coloured
gerbil mucous. This is a sign that the gerbil is stressed, but could
mean nothing other than the gerbil has suffered an injury. It may be a
stroke, or it may be an inner ear problem. See
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/ailments.htm for more info.
--
Julian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
