Are the abdominal area and sides firm but still soft, or does it feel tight
like a drum?
Around 2 years of age gerbils do begin to put on weight more easily. If the
size increase isn't weight but is abdominal distension (tight like a drum),
cystic ovaries are also a possibility.
Jill
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> From: Mary Slaughter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Very fat Gerbil
> Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 10:41 AM
>
> Hi list,
>
> I'm back on after a long hiatus. Right now I only have two girls, they
are
> both about two years old and live alone. Mopsy is, and always has been,
a
> large and very active gerbil. In the last month, however, she has
ballooned
> to enormous size. We have not changed her diet of lab blocks and a few
> seeds. She looks exactly like she's about to have a huge litter of pups.
> Has anyone else seen this? Any suggestions for special treatment?
>
> We have just started putting her in a ball to run on the floor every day.
> The first day she just sat there (she used to run like crazy) but by the
> third day she was rolling around more. (We would have done this sooner
but
> a construction project took up all of our floor space for a month.)
>
> Mary
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