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[thylaylii]

Today I had to take Moss to the vet as he hs gained a little spot/lump above his eye. Poor buy doesn't look worse for wear but was holding his eyelids a little low so I wanted to see what the vet thought. Turns out she was pretty clueless about gerbs and seemed to think he looked really sick. She gave me some antibiotics, but cause she didn't really know what the lump could be she said it probably wouldn't do anything. First pic the boys were knacked after a while, and tried to settle down in the carry case, awww. Also, this is Moss' good eye, but it has a bald patch from bar chewing x/
(Gerb people out there- would you trust a vet when they say that a gerbs' tail will fall off if you pick it up by the base? I know it isn't the ideal way to grab a gerb, but sometimes the cup & scoop method seems to stress my guys more than a quick pick up by the base of the tail. I would never pick up gerb up any lower than the base though, even though as far as I'm aware, it's only the last inch or so that will fall off if pulled/trapped?)