Thanks Jill,
I would say firm but soft, although she's pretty wiggly it's hard to tell.
She started to get fat about a year ago and then slimmed down again. Are
cystic ovaries common in gerbils? Any chance of spontaneous remission?
I had an unrelated gerbil get huge like this once and she died suddenly one
night. I always thought it was fluid build up from congestive heart
failure, although she was not too old. Mopsy, however, has gotten huge much
faster than Sniff did and has always been more active than she was.
Mary
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 12:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Very fat Gerbil
Are the abdominal area and sides firm but still soft, or does it feel tight
like a drum?
Around 2 years of age gerbils do begin to put on weight more easily. If the
size increase isn't weight but is abdominal distension (tight like a drum),
cystic ovaries are also a possibility.
Jill
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> From: Mary Slaughter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Very fat Gerbil
> Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 10:41 AM
>
> Hi list,
>
> I'm back on after a long hiatus. Right now I only have two girls, they
are
> both about two years old and live alone. Mopsy is, and always has been,
a
> large and very active gerbil. In the last month, however, she has
ballooned
> to enormous size. We have not changed her diet of lab blocks and a few
> seeds. She looks exactly like she's about to have a huge litter of pups.
> Has anyone else seen this? Any suggestions for special treatment?
>
> We have just started putting her in a ball to run on the floor every day.
> The first day she just sat there (she used to run like crazy) but by the
> third day she was rolling around more. (We would have done this sooner
but
> a construction project took up all of our floor space for a month.)
>
> Mary
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