Emily McClory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> "upon closer inspection, I found his neck bone sticking completely
> out
> of his neck. Is it possible Chester killed him? Have you come
> across
> anything like this in your gerbil research? I know that some
> animals will
> attack weaker animals when they sense they are dying."
Gerbils do not normally attack weaker animals. They fight with animals
that are threats to their status.
If there was fighting a neck injury like this is very unusual and I
would be surprised if there were not also a lot of other injuries.
Is it possible the gerbil had a fall or in some other way injured its
neck?
As Gary says, there may have been other congenital deformities which led
to this.
--
Julian
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