What are the signs of wet tail? do rodents tend to act differently when they have wet tail?What causes a rodent to get ';wet tail';?
Gerbils do NOT get the hamster 'wet tail'. Gerbils CAN have diahrrea, with wet bottom and stained fur around the rear. Short term cause may be too much fresh food or the like, and the other likely cause is Tyzzers, which comes out when the animal is stressed.
Tyzzers Is a rodent disease that can strike most any small animal (hamster, gerbil, mouse, rat) and is showing up more and more in the US. The UK and European Continent have had it around for a lot longer. There is no way to quarrantine for it as it can lie dormant for many months in a carrier. The major symptom tipoff is diahrrea in the gerbil, serious and unrelenting. Not like the occasional upset from too much fresh food.
Tyzzer's Syndrome prevents the intestines from properly absorbing water and nutrients, but the name ';Wet Tail'; generally covers all forms of diahrrea that are life threatening. All forms of Tyzzer's are extremely serious, young gerbils will often die from it before any symptoms are noticeable. Although it can be treated, gerbils that are in the diarrhea stage will usually die anyway. You can save the cage mates.
It is normally caused by extremely dirty cage conditions or excessive stress and spreads quickly.
If something looks wrong with your gerbil, here's a good site on common gerbil diseases/ailments.
http://www.gerbils.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/鈥?/a>What causes a rodent to get ';wet tail';?
Hello! A rodent causes ';wet tail'; by having diarrhea. It can get ';wet tail'; if you don't clean out your rodents poop and pee, which will infect it. It can also get diarrhea if you feed it too much greens (fruits and veggies).
If your rodent has this, take it to the vet. And they will give you medicine. It will not die if you give it medicine. If you don't give it medicine, it can die.
I hope I helped!
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