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Post by snowballandnugget on May 24, 2014 10:35:03 GMT -8
Jazzable - your pics are not showing up for me either.
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Post by Jazzable on May 24, 2014 11:16:39 GMT -8
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NedIsNotOnFire
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R.I.P Giggle and Jess x, now you're both living happily over the rainbow bridge, together again xxx
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Post by NedIsNotOnFire on May 24, 2014 11:20:08 GMT -8
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Post by Jazzable on May 24, 2014 11:21:43 GMT -8
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Post by snowballandnugget on May 24, 2014 12:53:19 GMT -8
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Post by Demonic Hope on May 24, 2014 14:03:51 GMT -8
See them now! I love your bin. Do you have issues with chewing? *goes to stare at room wondering if I can fit some bins under desk*
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Post by snowballandnugget on May 24, 2014 14:15:26 GMT -8
@jazzable And what about the smell. Do the bins smell plasticity?? When I was considering making a bin, I found that they had a strong plastic smell which made me worry that it would bother the gerbil.
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Post by Jazzable on May 24, 2014 14:25:14 GMT -8
See them now! I love your bin. Do you have issues with chewing? *goes to stare at room wondering if I can fit some bins under desk* Oh good! I do have the odd bit of chewing on the lid. They don't do it very often though, because it's a kind of unnatural action for them to be aiming upwards and chewing. They normally only do it if they've run out of cardboard chewables, or if they've messed their cage up some other way by knocking things over or something. And I normally just knock on the lid which makes them jump and stop doing it. There are very small ridges in the walls of the bin but they've never even tried chewing those - I think they're too small to get their teeth around. The only downside of a bin is that it's not as transparent as a tank so the view isn't quite as good. In the pictures it looks very opaque, it's actually a bit more clear than it looks, but still nowhere near as much as a tank. But for me it's worth it, for how much cheaper it is, plus being way easier to move around and clean out and stuff.
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Post by Jazzable on May 24, 2014 14:26:45 GMT -8
@jazzable And what about the smell. Do the bins smell plasticity?? When I was considering making a bin, I found that they had a strong plastic smell which made me worry that it would bother the gerbil. I haven't noticed any smell. I guess it smelt slightly plasticy when I very first bought it, but it certainly didn't last. I made lots of airholes in the lid so they have good ventilation.
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Post by Demonic Hope on May 24, 2014 15:59:54 GMT -8
I use clear bins for my mice and the plastic smell goes away. I always clean them out with vinegar before I place any animals in them and that kills the plastic smell.
Hmm I may have to get some more bins if I do decide to breed Nico and Jassie
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Post by rhianna on May 24, 2014 17:27:12 GMT -8
NedIsNotOnFire Can I just say that your room is adorable? It looks so sweet and cozy. Your gerbil setups also look very fun. Do you have problems with chewing? I'm thoroughly enjoying all of these replies. It's always sort of been a mystery, how everyone keeps their gerbils
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Post by Awaiting Abyss on May 24, 2014 17:39:06 GMT -8
Nice thread. I enjoy seeing people's critter area. My critter room looks like a cluttered mess.. since its also the room that we stuff things that won't fit in the rest of the house (we live in a really small place at the moment). But I keep my gerbils in basic 20 gallon long tanks filled to the top with bedding... Except the 3 brothers' tank.. They have half bedding because I had to give them a wheel for them to loose some weight. They also got put on a no-seed diet. My mice are split up between six 10 gallon tanks, three 5.5 gallon tanks, and two bin cages. Rats are in a Double critter nation, a 40 gallon breeder tank, and then I have a 10 gallon tank with a breeding pair... I was trying to breed double rexes for my work but I paired the wrong rats together.. so now the lady will have to wait a little longer for her "hairless" dumbo girl. The hamster is in a single level rat cage. Ball python is in a 40 gallon breeder, and then the hognose is in a 20 gallon long.
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Post by Demonic Hope on May 24, 2014 17:58:14 GMT -8
Abyss! We must have pictures. As you can tell from Rihanna and my setups we don't mind clutter! I wanna see your setup for the bucks especially.
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Post by bros108 on May 24, 2014 20:05:03 GMT -8
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NedIsNotOnFire
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R.I.P Giggle and Jess x, now you're both living happily over the rainbow bridge, together again xxx
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Post by NedIsNotOnFire on May 24, 2014 20:24:11 GMT -8
rhianna Thank you!! x I don't have too many problems as i use a plastic surrounding to try to stop them (they can't chew it as its completely smooth) I had to put my carpet there though, because my room is made of wood xD x Its also easier to hoover a carpet than a wooden floor, and another bonus is you can't see all their little poops (not that they poop that much) x And I can sit with them and not get a flat butt!! x
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