On Sat, 25 August 2001, Blue wrote:
>
> Hello beloved list.. *L*
>
> My Juniper-baby, DTW, seems to get much more 'dirty'
> then my other three gerbils, including his tankmate. I
> give them dust baths weekly (or earlier if I notice
> Juniper is getting very 'spikey')
>
> His fur is in little 'spikes' and clumps.. not smooth
> and sleep like the rest. He grooms himself, in fact
> he's doing it now. :) Could this be a sign of health
> problems (mites? too much fat in the diet?) or does it
> just vary from gerbil to gerbil?
>
Sounds like he just has greasier fur than the rest. I've noticed some of mine are
that way. Tristan always gets ratty-looking earlier than anybody else, and so did
Elita. Well some humans have greasier hair than others (just look at the variety of
shampoos for "normal", "oily", and "dry" hair!) so why not the same variation in
animals? :)
Tana and The Little Rascals
Now at http://rascals.mybravenet.com
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