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Post by cmullins on Oct 22, 2008 5:24:46 GMT -8
what wood is safe to use with gerbils for the use of gnawing. the wood we have collected is from the beach and is drift wood, we also collected some from the new forest which is weathered pine.
we have taken them out for the time being.
any help would be great
thanks
chris.
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Post by SilverGerbil on Oct 22, 2008 8:15:53 GMT -8
Pine and Cedar = BAD for gerbils due to the oils in them
Though oak is fine for them and any fruit wood, like apples, or pears is fine (though id make sure to ask before you go and hack branches of peoples trees!)
x
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Post by cmullins on Oct 22, 2008 8:32:42 GMT -8
thanks for reply, so as long as its not cedar or pine it should be ok. i have a piece of weather gorse from the new forest.
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Post by SilverGerbil on Oct 22, 2008 9:59:15 GMT -8
Forgot to say, you need to bake through the wood, so that it kills any bactera that is on the wood, so that they dont get for instance.. Lice that may be in underneath the bark of the wood.
Gorse? whats that..
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Post by cmullins on Oct 22, 2008 10:46:11 GMT -8
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Post by SilverGerbil on Oct 22, 2008 12:13:26 GMT -8
oooh! i know the stuff never knew what it was called haha! Had some of that cut across my legs on the bikes the other week, nasty thorny stuff haha!
Erm.. To be honest i wouldnt use gorse.. unless someone can specifically say its safe for them to use.
What do you mean long dead and broke?...
Because even if you have picked it up of the floor its still a good idea to bake it before you put it in their tanks incase theirs any bacterium on the wood.
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Post by cmullins on Oct 22, 2008 22:04:49 GMT -8
well we just found it on the forest floor, long dead, as in dried up. and have sprayed it with disinfectant and gave it a good wash.
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Post by cmullins on Oct 22, 2008 22:05:23 GMT -8
what wood can we use?
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Post by SilverGerbil on Oct 23, 2008 1:36:39 GMT -8
Oak is a safe wood. Mopani wood is safe, Fruit wood as in apple and pear brances are safe. Balsar wood is safe (the soft craft wood). Most woods are safe but not the such of Pine and Cedar. But i cant remember the whole list, it is on this forum somewhere lol! x Edit - I found it its on an old topic about adding safe wood, you just need to look around!. This is the link Shootingstar put onto the other forum which says what woods are safe what woods arent. www.egerbil.com/safe_woods_for_gerbils |
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Post by cmullins on Oct 23, 2008 10:13:09 GMT -8
hiya,
thanks for the link.
i cant see gorse wood in any of the lists, good and bad lol
but i asked my friend at the pet shop and he said it should be fine.
so hopfully all is ok.
thanks
chris
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Post by azarin on Dec 16, 2012 7:49:56 GMT -8
i didnt see anything on that list about beech, how about that? man, this is the only site i feel is reliable, there are so many contradicting or incomplete parts of information on the internet (just saw several sites saying pine is evil, many saying pine is fine. and just one explaining which kind of pine is ok and which isnt. good grief!).
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