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Post by Ritzie/Admin on May 1, 2005 5:51:50 GMT -8
Here is a image that explains how you can make a tank yourself: The orange stripes are the places to put on glue, and the dark blue stripes are tape! When you make one yourself, you can make tanks as big or as small as you want! ;D
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Post by RitzieAnn on May 1, 2005 9:21:42 GMT -8
I'd love to make a tank myself, but I only have 1 piece of glass at the moment. Um... that 150 gallon tank.... it was well more than $200, but I'm not sure who much exactly. I thought it was going to be terrible with my cage topper, but really it's not so bad. They get a treat every time they' come to the top to see me. Little B has it down pat (Yes, she was the one that needed an attitude ajustment, but now she's actually really nice, and it ALWAYS the FIRST to run to the top when I come into the room.) So really I'd just have to make levels in there, and I could do it easily by perhaps laying a 10 gal on it's side then it's like a huge cave, and it gives room on the top too. Also, there are so many ways to make levels that are inexpensive... GARAGE SALES! ;D That would be totally awesome, and as long as you set it on the floor (That's what you'd want to do, otherwise you'd never be able to reach into it) then you can actually stand inside of it to catch the last few gerbils and to scoop out all the bedding. Also, I use corn cob, and I've noticed that it can go twice as long before it begins to smell, and so that would be a really huge help. Ah, *sighs* if only I had the money! ;D It would be totally awesome! Maybe I'll start saving when my next pay check comes in....
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Post by lizzy on May 1, 2005 9:35:52 GMT -8
Well thats fine I understand that some gerbils dont like the wheels, My gerbils tend to tip theirs over, but its a safe wheel and I now weight it down with a flat stone to keep it from tipping, But mine do run on theirs and like sand baths. But brining that up.. if a gerbil inst offered a wheel how are they getting any kind of exercise? If you are keeping a gerbil in a 10-gallon with no wheel or anything besides some card bored a water bottle and food dish I cant see that any amount of bedding material to burrow in substatues that lost exercise and quality of life. To me that sounds like a horrible habitat to live in. Now Im not accusing you of neglect, I think that if a gerbil is kept in a small enclosure but spends allot of time out side the cage like in a ball or playpen that may suffice. I mean cant a person take a look at a 10-gallon and a gerbil and think that that looks all right. Does it not cross a persons mind that living in such a small space for you whole life must be very mundane and unsatisfying. Sure its a standard, but am I the only one that thinks it should be the minimum, in fact I feel its really to small and that if one cant provide something a little more substantial they shouldn’t have a gerbil unless they are willing to spend one on one time, Unless of course they can somehow rig up at lest 10 ten gallons for their pet. Wow i didnt actually think you were accusing me of neglect until you actually said you weren't And looking at that picture, yes I wouldn't keep 2 gerbils in a US 10 gallon tank. My pairs are all in I dunno, 13 UK gallons, which is 16-17 US gallons or something?
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