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From: "Silje Gamst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hey!
>
> I noticed something weird today. One of the pups had a tail who looked all
> wrong. It is not laying right behind the gerbil like it should, no, this
> tail is sticking to the right like an angle. The tail starts of like a
> normal tail, but then, like an angle it bends to the right, and the pup
> appears to have a little lump on the base of his/her tail. These pups have
> barely opened their eyes so I can't imagined what have happened with the
> pup, maybe it was born like that, I don't know?? Have anyone experienced
> something similar(if you understand what I mean)??? I must say i'm sorry
> about my english...
>
> -Silje
your English is fine,,, Is it possible that the pup is a result from
inbreeding? I know to much inbreeding can cause deformed tails.
Ann-Marie L. Roberts
T&T Gerbils
Escanaba, MI
AGS member MI004
Please visit my website at:
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/
