Ann-Marie L. Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>We are very new to having gerbils, we have six, three are pups. The problem
>im having is we have mites, small red bugs, and i think chiggers. These bugs
>are eating us up. I have fugged our house, and bleached the cages, and put
>l-m bug spray on the gerbils. What else can i do, I think they are still
>here. It would break my daughters heart to get rid of her gerbils. Please
>help
>anna
Any parasites normally arrive with hay or straw. Do not use anything
that may carry mites.
You can remove the mites by using the powders or sprays sold in pet
shops for bird mites.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
