0
Gerbils secrete chemicals called porphyins from a gland by their eye, for various reasons. This is often mistaken for blood. If the amount is excesive and is forming a crust, the gerbil might be stressed. If it is only a small amount, then this is fine and nothing to worry about.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What shall I do if both my gerbils have bleeding noses?
take it to the vet or get a tissue
Can you treat bleeding in the eye with steroid injections in the eye?
no bleeding in the eye cannot be treated with steroid injections in the eye
What do you do with a gerbils bloodey eye?
clean it make sure there is no blood left
Are gerbils good listeners?
Yes, but they may not sit there looking you in the eye.
Is it normal to have bleeding from your eye?
No
How do you make your eye stop bleeding from a cut?
If your eye is bleeding, seek help from a GP or go to a hospital to get it checked out. Cutting your eye isn't good.
Bleeding from eye and swollen?
If you are bleeding from a swollen eye, you need to visit your doctor or the emergency room immediately. It is not clear what a definitive cause of this is, but it seems as if major trauma was inflicted on the eye.
What do you do if a hamsters bleeding on its eye?
Take it to the vet.
What are you supposed to do when your eye is bleeding?
Got to the hospital.
Do gerbils have good eye site?
No.They can only see to about 3 1/2 feet.
Do female gerbils bleed when they have their 'period' there was blood in my female gerbils cage i cant find where it came from and she seems to be fine?
Gerbils do not have periods as they are oestral mammals and not menstrual ones like us. Some oestral mammals have a bloody discharge, but not gerbils. What you saw was most likely to be a smear of porphyrins from a gland near the gerbil's eye.
What do you do when your eye is bleeding while you have a headache?
Wot do u do
