My gerbils, Durby and Midnight, have hair coming off
their noses and I do not know why. Can you possibly
tell me why their fur is coming off? My mom and I
think it is because they are chewing on the bars of
their cage. But we are not positive. Please contact me
soon.
Alisa P.
P.S.
Midnight is a mother of six pups. Do you think it
could be stress?
--- Karin Van Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 18:56:40 -0500, Ed
> Gyllenhaal wrote:
>
> (message-ID<009801c06ae0$a69253c0$5a3247d1@cegyllen>
> )
>
> >Two of our three gerbils suddenly have lost almost
> all of the hair on their tails. We have never seen
> them fighting, and there have been no unusual
> changes lately.
> >
> This is rather common in gerbils, they pluck each
> others tails. It is
> called barbering. Often there is one that does not
> have a bald tail, that
> is the one that's doing it, but sometimes they all
> have bald tails. It is
> hard to let them stop this behaviour, it is caused
> by boredom in the first
> place, but once they have learned this behaviour, it
> is hard to stop them.
> Try giving them a lot to do, things to chew on,
> different sorts of nesting
> material, etc.
> Although it is not nice to see, the gerbils will be
> fine as ever, with or
> without hair on their tails.
>
> Karin.
>
> --
>
===================================================================
> Gerbil Information Page
> Everything you need to know about
> gerbils,
> also information on exotic gerbil
> species.
> http://www.gerbil-info.nl.com
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ NUMBER (UIN) 1987257
> >>>>> Karin van Veen <<<<<
>
===================================================================
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products.
http://shopping.yahoo.com/
