Post by firefly on Jul 25, 2005 23:18:37 GMT -8
Hi guys!
Yesterday I bought all the stuff to make my gerbil-home!
I don't know if anyone is intressted but I'll tell how I made everything, maybe someone thinks it's usefull
About the cage. Everything in my hamstercage was plastic, so I had to make it all new. I've made three floors from wood, it was really hard to make it all in the perfect shape but it finally worked out
So with the undertray (I don't know if that's the right word), they have 4 floors. The undertray is fulled with woodshaves so they can digg in it, they have a sweet little wooden house and all kinds of toys. One floor is made of stone, so I hope I can make their toilet there because it's easy to clean, if they pee on the wood it get's all in it. But that could be very tuff I think I think they just pee wherever they want but yea I can at least try it
The tank. I filled it with some lavarstones, bricks and some branches and mixted the sand with hay and put that in. I think they can digg very well in it
The connection. The lid of the tank I made of wire netting, so I made a little hole in it. Then I made a connection of habitrail, en put one side in the lid of the tank and the other in an open door of the cage. I filled it up with some more wire netting so they can't escape. I hope it'll work and my gerbies understand how they can move from one tank to the other. But they're smart animals so I think that'll work
(Pictures are following but my sister got the digital camera and she's in Athena so I can't use it
)
I checked internet, adressbooks, all kinds of stuff but I can't find a gerbil breeder, or something who sells gerbils. Maybe particulair people who had a nest or something, but I don't know how to find those people, because they're not on internet and I haven't seen notes or something in the supermarket or petstores. So I think I'm gonna call my favourite petstore and ask of they have gerbils, and if they do, I'll get my gerbies there. At least one thing positive then; I can make sure they have a better life with me then in the petstore!
Thanks for reading this all
-x-
Yesterday I bought all the stuff to make my gerbil-home!
I don't know if anyone is intressted but I'll tell how I made everything, maybe someone thinks it's usefull
About the cage. Everything in my hamstercage was plastic, so I had to make it all new. I've made three floors from wood, it was really hard to make it all in the perfect shape but it finally worked out
So with the undertray (I don't know if that's the right word), they have 4 floors. The undertray is fulled with woodshaves so they can digg in it, they have a sweet little wooden house and all kinds of toys. One floor is made of stone, so I hope I can make their toilet there because it's easy to clean, if they pee on the wood it get's all in it. But that could be very tuff I think I think they just pee wherever they want but yea I can at least try it The tank. I filled it with some lavarstones, bricks and some branches and mixted the sand with hay and put that in. I think they can digg very well in it
The connection. The lid of the tank I made of wire netting, so I made a little hole in it. Then I made a connection of habitrail, en put one side in the lid of the tank and the other in an open door of the cage. I filled it up with some more wire netting so they can't escape. I hope it'll work and my gerbies understand how they can move from one tank to the other. But they're smart animals so I think that'll work
(Pictures are following but my sister got the digital camera and she's in Athena so I can't use it
)I checked internet, adressbooks, all kinds of stuff but I can't find a gerbil breeder, or something who sells gerbils. Maybe particulair people who had a nest or something, but I don't know how to find those people, because they're not on internet and I haven't seen notes or something in the supermarket or petstores. So I think I'm gonna call my favourite petstore and ask of they have gerbils, and if they do, I'll get my gerbies there. At least one thing positive then; I can make sure they have a better life with me then in the petstore!
Thanks for reading this all
-x-
