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Post by lilsmacko on Apr 15, 2014 14:44:48 GMT -8
i use a finch/parakeet wooden nesting box. because they only burrow for a place to sleep. and this the closest artificial burrowing system they can get. this will also eliminate them from digging at corners because they already have a hideout. Gerbils are hardwired to burrow, and not just for a place to sleep. An artificial burrow system needs an entrance that blocks light, like so: Moonstone ABS. Gerbils will display stereotypical corner-digging unless they are raised in a proper burrow (real or artificial), and continue to have access to a burrow throughout their life. Providing a burrow to gerbils not raised in one will not stop stereotypical digging. i can honestly say that i had my gerbils at 2 months old and always had a wooden box with an entrance sometimes 2 entrances..and they don't dig at corners at all...these are all commercial gerbils after all..never even seen the dessert or had dug burrows etc/
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