4flsy
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Post by 4flsy on Aug 24, 2009 5:59:28 GMT -8
how often do they get baths? Once every 3 weeks. Mesh 2 Every 2 weeks, though I've started doing it every week and a half. Yes. I've discovered it was from them burying it, so I rigged up a wooden box that encircles the bottom part so that they can't bury it. Ha! Take that little jerks! I never thought of it being urine though. Sano is kind of pee-happy and Yahiko is almost all black. They seem like they might be getting the hang of sandbaths so hopefully I won't have to use the shampoo method. But if it persists, I will. Thanks so much!
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Post by kizzy1987 on Aug 31, 2009 10:17:34 GMT -8
my gerbils smell too, my males smells kind of biscuity and my females smell of pee haha, just try and keep them clean, i don't bother with their smell, i let them bathe in chinchilla sand now and then and that takes the smell away...for a little while at least lol
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Post by ~Amavanna~ on Sept 1, 2009 18:29:11 GMT -8
I love gerbils and as a general rule, they are much smarter then their counterpart hamsters, but sometimes you just end up with a dumb bell lol, my boy hercules, when he was a pup had the WORST time of sleeping where he would pee! It would drive me absolutely batty as no matter where tried to encourage him to sleep he would sleep in his pee! His brother would sleep somewhere else so I started concerning myself about declanning issues, you would think since his brother was smart enough not to sleep there he would be but this wasn't the case. To solve this issue, I had to separate sand dishes, one for bathing which was kept outside of the tank, and one for potty purposes. They took to potting in it right away, and sometimes would try to bathe in it, but before I go to bed, I would give them a quick dip in the sand tank, its a spare 10 gallon tank with about a half inch of sand. I let them run around and play and wash and then put them back in their home. For some reason this method prevented him from sleeping in his own urine anymore and both of them looked better after getting nightly sand baths. Not to mention they enjoy the change of scenery for a while. Also you said you adopted these two, by any chance how long ago was it. It is possible that he just has to get the better diet you provide more time to effect his coat. I personally would try all other options before a water bath, and i personally would try to avoid actually getting him IN the water, I would just use a soapy wash rag and then a clean water wash rag over the effected greasy areas. If even a little bit gets in their ears it can cause an infection or even phenomena .
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Post by greenbelt09 on Sept 5, 2009 9:33:28 GMT -8
I don't know if this will help, but you could try it... at Petco they sell this stuff called
Four Paws MagicCoat Dry Shampoo Powder
It smells good, but it's pretty much just baby powder I think, and that's what it smells like. Like the name suggests, you don't use water with it, so you don't have to worry about them going into shock.
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Post by spooge on Sept 6, 2009 20:39:11 GMT -8
I don't think it is the substrate... What is substrate? Never mind, I found it.
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