Kathleen DiMaggio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
>It looks wet? Is it possible that the fur is so oily that it appears wet?
>Gerbils that eat too many seeds have so much fat in their diet they start to
>look greasy and wet! This is unhealthy and that's why we limit the amounts of
>high fat foods.
>
>Kathleen
Gerbils appreciate a dust bath to remove the oils from their coat. Part
of proper grooming and temperature control involves placing lipids from
the saliva on the coat and then grooming it out with a dust bath.
--
Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
