Post by Person from earth on May 5, 2010 13:29:35 GMT -8
If you do not want to read it all, read the bolded paragraphsHi all!
There is a topic in the housing/accessories and i have something to say
gerbilforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=housing&action=display&thread=18135&page=2
On the second page, aal remarks that there is no place at all for a gerbil to chew on in the habitrail ovo. I must disagree!
I had an ovo loft with a lot of tubes and the like. It was a really neat cage, as most habitrails are. My gerbils came with this cage. There is a platform for food and the wheel. There is supposed to be a small hole for the animal to go in. it was only about the width of a tube but after a while it got to be 3x the size b/c of their chewing. I had to gerbils in it and they often fought. nothing serious but they always tried to be in the same tube at the same time but didn't want the other one to be there. (almost a declan)
the worst problem was the tubes though. If you take a tube appart, especially the long green ones, you can split it in two. If you rub your finger along the inside you well fee little juts. these are to help the animal go up and down the tube. these thigns are bad
my gerbils always got their teeth on those juts and chewed them. they then had trouble goin' up and down, and they almost chewed out!
some other places they can chew on are the end cap things. they can get their teeth on it and i would hate putting those on the ends b/c they always tried to get out.
the holes were also a problem. on the carrier (blue) and on the green bubble things(forget what theyre called) they can get their teeth into the wholes and chew.
There is a topic in the housing/accessories and i have something to say
gerbilforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=housing&action=display&thread=18135&page=2
On the second page, aal remarks that there is no place at all for a gerbil to chew on in the habitrail ovo. I must disagree!
I had an ovo loft with a lot of tubes and the like. It was a really neat cage, as most habitrails are. My gerbils came with this cage. There is a platform for food and the wheel. There is supposed to be a small hole for the animal to go in. it was only about the width of a tube but after a while it got to be 3x the size b/c of their chewing. I had to gerbils in it and they often fought. nothing serious but they always tried to be in the same tube at the same time but didn't want the other one to be there. (almost a declan)
the worst problem was the tubes though. If you take a tube appart, especially the long green ones, you can split it in two. If you rub your finger along the inside you well fee little juts. these are to help the animal go up and down the tube. these thigns are bad
my gerbils always got their teeth on those juts and chewed them. they then had trouble goin' up and down, and they almost chewed out!
some other places they can chew on are the end cap things. they can get their teeth on it and i would hate putting those on the ends b/c they always tried to get out.
the holes were also a problem. on the carrier (blue) and on the green bubble things(forget what theyre called) they can get their teeth into the wholes and chew.