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I wonder... It is advised to feed nursing mothers dried cat or dog food for
extra protien. Would that help this little one?
BB
Kathwynn
>From: Ubu Noir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Ubu Noir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Gerbil Colour?
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:30:18 -0600
>
>
>>Sounds to me like her upper coat, the long agouti hairs, are not yet fully
>>developped. Because of that the underfurr is still very visible. Blow in
>>the
>>coat of a normal agouti, and you will see the greyish undercoat. She was
>>probably rather underdeveloped, the runt of a litter. Often you see that
>>the
>>fur takes very long to develop in those animals. Keep a good eye on her,
>>she
>>might still be weak!
>
>Yeah, she was pretty runtly... :)
>She's still fairly scrawny, but I see to it that when I feed them, I take
>her fat roly poly cagemate out and let her eat first, because I've noticed
>that Spoo gets at it first. She's still terribly small, but she can hold
>her own now, which is good, and she heals quickly (Spoo bit her near her
>ear several weeks ago, and it had healed up in around two days, Spoo's nose
>is still healing from the Aspen bedding allergy). Should I supplement
>their food with vitamins or something? I noticed that they're not eating
>their green pellets from the gerbil mix food (I wouldn't either, they look
>gross :).
>Thanks,
>Kelly, Spoo, and Key
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