Re: surgery question

[Michelle Haines]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Julian and Jackie wrote:

> It is not a tumour we have seen. Indeed other than scent glands, and
> ears, we have never seen tumours in gerbils. This is of course a good
> thing as mice, hamsters and especially rats suffer greatly from a
> variety of aggressive tumours.

We had two black gerbils, sisters, who developed hand tumors.  The vet
removed the tumor and in one case, the finger with it, and that was it.

Michelle
Flutist