I was at our local Petco and my daughter and I noticed that one of a pair of gerbils had a very red nose. Another gerbil was alone in a separate cage. We mentioned it to the manager. She said the gerbil who was alone in a cage had dri-tail (They don't recover from that, right?), but she checked on the red nosed gerbil. She said it wasn't clicking, but she'd make sure it got to a vet. :-)
I've removed all of the plastic from my two gerbil aquariums now. Tiny is not around any more, of course (she and Persian now reside with Michael's friend Conner and his brother), but I don't want the other gerbils cutting their noses on plastic. From now on, everything is going to be ceramic or wood. -Jean
