> is it posible that a gerbil has no hair on his tail??

Usually this is the result of them plucking their tails, maybe out of
boredom?

>
> mine have a little bit of hair on there tails but it isn't completely
> covored with hair.
> is this normal
>
> also the haid of my gerbils is mutch more pointy.
> do I have a other kind of gerbils???
> they were sold to me as gerbils!
>
> thanx

Does the pointy hair look like clumps of hairs stuck together? If so, then
they may be greasy. Give them a bowl of chincilla dust or corn meal for them
to bath in. It will help clean the fur and they enjoy it.

Ann-Marie
Committee Member of the American Gerbil Society
http://www.AGSgerbils.org

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