>The reason I ask is that I had a 2 year olds who's water consumption
>increased a great deal- as you said, it doubled and eventually tripled. It
>turns out it was the beginning stages of kidney failure, which is not an
>uncommon ailment in older gerbils. As time went on, the water consumption
>was accompanied by weight loss despite eating regularly. That was just the
>first thing that came to my mind, though I do hope your gerbil is just
>really thirsty! :-)
I hope so too!
On the advice of a friend, I've switched the bottles, to see if maybe it's
an equipment problem I haven't been able to diagnose. If the same bottle
empties faster in the other tank, I'll know it's just equipment. I'm hoping
that's the case!
The other possibility is diabetes--which would tend to align to your idea
above. Don't know much about it, but in humans at least kidney problems can
go along with diabetes.
I'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Thanks for your input.
Ronni
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