If gerbils were people, they would be mountain climbers. They possess an insatiable desire to explore. This desire has disadvantages for the gerbil owner. If you don’t choose the right cage, your gerbils will constantly escape, which could kill them. But you also want the cage to be big enough to play in and yet easy to clean.
However, not all gerbil cages sold are actually very good for gerbils, because they can easily escape from them and go exploring.
Solid walls
Our gerbils will figure out how to lock them out of their cages, even from those who have escaped from the gerbils sold in the cages. They can be squeezed into the tightest of places – under closed doors and through hamster cages. You need to make a dwelling for those things that cannot be expressed. Require a housing with solid walls, but a cover with a ventilation mesh.
Not Plastic
Although there are many intricate cages and different plastics that gerbils come across, they still don’t touch them. Gerbils have an incredibly large appetite for plastic. With a desire to explore the universe, they will soon be chewing through the plastic holes at home. Plastic homes also tend to smell better in the aquarium and are harder to clean than the aquarium because of all the back and forth plastic tunnels.
What about Aquarius?
The American Gerbil Society recommends a glass or acrylic aquarium as an ideal gerbil cage. Figure ten gallons per pair of gerbils (which must be kept in pairs, otherwise they die of loneliness or stress alone.) Longer tanks horizontally are generally better than ones that are longer vertically, giving the gerbils more room to run around. Make sure the cover is secure or low, as gerbils are surprisingly good jumpers and have been known to push through the cover.
Since they are in acrylic or glass cages, it is necessary to heat them from direct sunlight or somewhere else, so that the inside of the aquarium heats up quickly enough. Make the bedding deep enough for the gerbils to bury themselves under it (like they have a tunnel). Add tunnel toys and chew toys to make it fun. Let them eat themselves plastic toys. Cardboard paper towels rolls make large and digestible toys.
Consider a water bottle water bottles instead of a gerbil water bowl. When everyone is done processing, the gerbil will soon throw the bedding, food and feces into the water. They also seem to have decided to dump the water in the dish as soon as possible. A wet environment is not healthy for gerbils. Watch your gerbils to make sure they can’t hold the aquarium wall against the water bottle and then push on the cage lid.
Gerbils learn to use a water bottle very quickly. They usually have the ball at the end. Most water bottles sold for rodents will do well for gerbils. Check your gerbil’s water bottle every day, not only fill or clean it, but make sure your gerbil’s port. tineat t holes.
Resources:
“Gerbils.” Sue Fox THF Publications; 2007
Gerbil Care Registrations. American Gerbil Society http://agsgerbils.org/Learn/Gerbil_Care_Handbook/index.php
“A little bit on a different side.” Jessica Pineda “Critters USA Annual”; 2009
Report:
- agsgerbils.org/
- www.humanesociety.org/animals/gerbils/tips/ welcoming_new_gerbils.html< /a>
- www.aspca.org/ pet-care/ small-pet-care/gerbil-care.html
