silent spinner

[aliciajoelle]

Hi everyone. So i bought a silent spinner for my gerbil and they cant seem to move it at all. What can i do to fix it because i have a wire wheel and at the time i didnt know it was bad but now i do.

[crittercrazy]

Is there bedding under it? If the bedding piles up around it they won't be able to spin it. Otherwise, can you spin it? Maybe try taking it apart and putting it back together, that might be enough to fix it or in the process you might find what's wrong.
And by wire wheel, do you mean a mesh wheel, like this? www.petco.com/product/105026/Petco-Small-Animal-Mesh-Exercise-Wheels.aspx?CoreCat=MM_SmallAnimalSupplies_Toys
Those types of wheels are actually fine for gerbils.

[aliciajoelle]

Yeah thats the wheel i have! I thought it was bad but thats great that its good! Because my gerbils love to,climb all over it.