Post by The Cavy House on Jul 12, 2014 13:35:51 GMT -8
Hi I just got my first trio of females two days ago. I have been wanting gerbils for awhile now. I currently have hamster and guinea pigs. I love how active the gerbils are and they are up during the day. It makes it so much fun!
Right now they are being fed Vitakraft Vitasmart Gerbil,mouse and rat food. Which i think isnt the best but at the time I did not know what to get and the store didn't have Gerri Gerbil. I will be ordering Gerri Gerbil food later this week. I hope the food is okay for now.
They are in a 20 gallon long tank, I mixed carefresh with kaytee clean and cozy paper bedding which is really soft and holds it shape well. The girls tunnels are not collapsing which is great! Sometimes it defies gravity lol. I want to eventually at some point maybe upgrade to a 40 gallon breeder tank. I really like the size of those tanks. ..... or maybe a 29 gallon lol i just looked it up and 29 are the same size as my 20L but taller. I could use more vertical space.
Anyways I will post some pictures. The pink bowl on top of their den is a sand bath / potty. I also have hay in the tank but it is orchard grass because that is what I feed my guinea pigs. They seem to like it.
The back one is Eedie, agouti is Iza and the dove or lilac one (havent quite figured out which) is Sophie
On the trip home
One side of messy cage lol
Other side with Iza looking like a little ground hog
Tunnel fun
Right now they are being fed Vitakraft Vitasmart Gerbil,mouse and rat food. Which i think isnt the best but at the time I did not know what to get and the store didn't have Gerri Gerbil. I will be ordering Gerri Gerbil food later this week. I hope the food is okay for now.
They are in a 20 gallon long tank, I mixed carefresh with kaytee clean and cozy paper bedding which is really soft and holds it shape well. The girls tunnels are not collapsing which is great! Sometimes it defies gravity lol. I want to eventually at some point maybe upgrade to a 40 gallon breeder tank. I really like the size of those tanks. ..... or maybe a 29 gallon lol i just looked it up and 29 are the same size as my 20L but taller. I could use more vertical space.
Anyways I will post some pictures. The pink bowl on top of their den is a sand bath / potty. I also have hay in the tank but it is orchard grass because that is what I feed my guinea pigs. They seem to like it.
The back one is Eedie, agouti is Iza and the dove or lilac one (havent quite figured out which) is Sophie
On the trip home
One side of messy cage lol
Other side with Iza looking like a little ground hog
Tunnel fun
