Bill & Fran Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Calie, my young female from Petco, her tail looks like its bloody again ? I
>watch for 3 hours today to make sure Blacky was not biting her and he was
>not. She stumbled on the wheel a few times but that was all. Why would her
>tail be bleeding again. It does look swollen at the base. Oh yea, after I
>finally took her out in the tub. (she is a fast little thing) I noticed that
>not only does she have a boo boo tail her hind end does not have allot of
>hair! And she has scabs on her back) I did not see this before because I
>haven't taken her out. ( She does not like to be touched. )How do I help her
>tail?
Scabs on the back are a 100% certain sign of being attacked by another
gerbil.
I would separate them urgently. You should not need to do anything else.
--
Julian
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