Yes, it's hamsters that very rarely recover from wet-tail... I went to the pet store recently, I had to rescue a lone back female (6 weeks old!! >:| ) and my partner rescued a little chinese who was very traumatised... there was a hamster there who had wet tail who unfortunately looked extremely ill...
We' had both the new gerb and chinese guy in their quarantine cages for 3 weeks now, so hopefully they're cool :) Tony P > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerbil Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of things-that-squeak > Sent: 05 December 2001 01:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: I helped a little gerbil tonight.../Jean > > > gerbils can recover from wet-tail by using the medication "Dri-"Tail" if > that is what was meant > > > From: Jean M Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Jean M Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 18:36:15 -0500 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: I helped a little gerbil tonight.../Jean > > > > I was at our local Petco and my daughter and I noticed that one > of a pair > > of gerbils had a very red nose. Another gerbil was alone in a separate > > cage. We mentioned it to the manager. She said the gerbil who > was alone > > in a cage had dri-tail (They don't recover from that, right?), but she > > checked on the red nosed gerbil. She said it wasn't clicking, but she'd > > make sure it got to a vet. :-) > > > > I've removed all of the plastic from my two gerbil aquariums now. Tiny > > is not around any more, of course (she and Persian now reside with > > Michael's friend Conner and his brother), but I don't want the other > > gerbils cutting their noses on plastic. From now on, > everything is going > > to be ceramic or wood. > > -Jean
