Animals that are
normally aggressive, like the Light Red Fox gerbil, can be extremely aggressive
when it comes to food. If your gerbil is normally sweet, cuddly and loving and
then all the sudden bites or scratches you take a step back and ask yourself
what the situations are revolving around the incident. For instance, did your
gerbil bite or scratch you while you were feeding him? Did he show this
aggressive behavior while feeding another gerbil in the cage? If this is the
case, your gerbil is showing definite signs of food aggression. You can help
him overcome this by feeding him at the same time each day so he doesn’t think
he’s going to miss a feeding. If you have more than one gerbil, you may need a
bigger cage so they don’t feel like they must fight for food. For
more tips, call your Aurora, CO veterinary clinic.
The Color Point Short hair is a short hair cat with distinct coloring
or markings located at the tips or points of the head, tail and legs. These
color points are generally dark in color compared with the color of the overall
body. A Color Point Short hair can come in 16 different colors all with color
point markings. The breed was developed as the result of crossing a Seal Point
Siamese cat and a Red Tabby American Short hair cat. The Color Point Short hair
carries the tabby markings and Seal point markings. Like the short hair, the
coat of a Color Point is short and requires little to no grooming. Like the
Siamese, the Color Point has a long, slender and muscular body with wedge
shaped head, almond shaped blue eyes and flaring ears. The cat has
characteristics from the Siamese and the American Short hair including its love
for ‘talking’ and playfulness. Call your Aurora, CO veterinary clinic to learn
more.
