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Christy Talbert
at Sat May 28 08:04:03 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Christy Talbert ]
Hi all,
A few weeks ago a friend gave me a group of about 50 mice. Many of them had gnawed off tails or tails with sores on them. The group also didn't have the best looking coats - but they had been in with several hundred other animals and I attributed it to overcrowding, stress, etc.
Well, I fed off the animals that had noticable tail problems and figured the rest would improve in condition. However, after two weeks I am seeing the same symptoms - mice with sores on their tails - in some cases this has progressed to part of the tail falling off.
Is this just stress? Anything I can do to fix this problem? Is it contageous to other animals in my colony? Should I just feed off this group ASAP?
Thanks,
Christy
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Question for Mouse Experts - Tail Lesions - Christy Talbert, Sat May 28 08:04:03 2005
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