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Post by eiphel on Apr 20, 2014 13:24:38 GMT -8
I don't have a camera that will take a high enough resolution picture to show this, but I found Jamie the other day with a little bald patch under his ear and a tiny cut (like 1.5mm). I'm not sure how it happened - They haven't fallen out and Jamie goes and cuddles up to the other two quite happily, so it seems like a bite is unlikely. Turlough is *obsessive* about grooming him, though, so I think maybe he overgroomed him. I don't know. Anyway, it's healed over fine. It was obviously itching a bit because he was scratching it, but other than that he doesn't seem to care, and it doesn't show any sign of infection. Knowing gerbils are susceptible to ear infections, though, I wondered if he might need antibiotics anyway?
As an aside, ever since then, Jamie's ear has a habit of getting turned inside out at the tip. He doesn't seem to care and I don't suppose there's anything I can do about it anyway, but he does look a bit wonky with his inside out ear.
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