Hi Julian,
Monday, February 05, 2001, 12:56:06 PM, you wrote:
> Are you sure they are infections? Most head tilts and balance problems n
> gerbils are caused by cholesteatomas. These are cysts of keratin that
> build up in the middle ear and eventually damage the adjacent organs of
> hearing and balance.
> My webpage on this says:
> Inner Ear Problems
This is probably exactly what it is. So, there's really nothing
that can be done to prevent this, and I can expect all my gerbils
with this kind of growth in the ear to eventually have this
problem?
So far we've always been able to catch it early and treat it with
antibiotics, but it's certainly not a nice thing to see happening
to your gerbils :(
How common is this really in gerbils?
And how often can one gerbil get it? Once for each ear?
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Best regards,
Susanne mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
