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Post by AndreaS15 on Oct 21, 2005 15:48:09 GMT -8
I'm in a bit of an argument about Tank sizes. I would like your opinions in the poll as what you think is the MINIMUM size Requirment to house two adult gerbils happily.
Thank you.
Andrea GSC
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Post by RyanF on Oct 21, 2005 15:52:41 GMT -8
10 gallon *minimum*... Actually I say 15 gallon would be the best for 2 adults. Mine are in 20's.
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Post by meganb52 on Oct 21, 2005 19:16:35 GMT -8
Mine are also in a 20. My new pair of males will be housed in a 10 though because that's all I have right now.
-Megan
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Post by AndreaS15 on Oct 21, 2005 22:33:19 GMT -8
If I could afford 20G tanks for all my gerbils, i would have them. But the last one cost me $80 CND and I just don't have that kind of money. My pairs live in 10G's, and my groups of 3 live in the 20G's. I have one group of boys who live in 2 10G conected together. All my gerbils are happy, and I see no problem with having 2 (no more) gerbils living in a 10G tank (no less).
I just wanted to see what others thought.
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Post by mice on Oct 22, 2005 1:22:10 GMT -8
Hmm...I really couldn't imagine keeping my boys in anything smaller than their 20G on a permanent basis (they've got a mini duna for when we go to visit our parents but they're only in that for a max of 2 weeks at a time but they get so bored ). So from a personal point of view I'd say 20G but I know that people perhaps don't have the money or the space for 20G so I guess I'd say 10G minimum but ideally you should obviously get the biggest space you can for them.
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Oct 25, 2005 11:30:32 GMT -8
I gues this is in US gallon? Not UK? Anyway, here we don't use gallon. When you only keep 2-4 Mongolian gerbils in one cage you'll need a surface of at least 800 cm² per animal. So a surface of 30 x 60 cm for two gerbils is the minimum in the Netherlands and Belgium. That is about 15 US gallon and 13 UK gallon.
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Post by crazycritter on Oct 25, 2005 15:19:27 GMT -8
I would say ten gallons, but all of my gerbil pairs are in 15 gallon tanks or 17 gallon bins with a second wooden level. I have two single gerbils that are in ten gallons, and my duprasi are in Safari CritterTrails. I would never use these normally, but they seemed bored in the ten gallon tanks and ran back and forth like petstore hamsters...even with deep litter and wheels. With the safari cages, they have tunnels leading off to a dustbath, and one leading to a nest "compartment, as well as the second level thing and the wheel. They don't seem nearly as bored.
Sorry, haha, I got off topic there....but yes, 10 gallons is the absolute minimum in my opinion, but of course bigger is better!
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Oct 26, 2005 4:42:08 GMT -8
Duprasi can indeed be kept in cages that are not so good for Mongolian gerbils. Plastic items also survive much longer. Mine like tunnels and wheels too! I've also kept them in a small cage, but there they were indeed bored or walked stereotypically in their wheel, also not healthy. No they are housed big with a lot of toys and items and they like it! Two of their tanks are now about 30 US gallon (25 UK gallon). Another is about 15-20 US gallon.
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Post by AndreaS15 on Oct 26, 2005 14:57:12 GMT -8
Here are some conversions I found for those who would like to know. Canadian gallon to litres: Multiply number of Canadian imperial gallons by 4.5. Litres to Canadian gallon: Multiply number of litres by 0.22 The Canadian gallon is based on the imperial quart, which is one quarter larger than the U.S. quart (four Canadian gallons = five U.S. gallons) Note: Measurements are approximate for easy conversion. 10 gallons (British) is equal to 12.01 gallons (US) 20 gallons (British) is equal to 24.02 gallons (US)
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Post by gerbillover2000 on Oct 26, 2005 16:52:34 GMT -8
moine are in 10... hum... maybe i should get them something bigger? i had an attachment, but deh kitty liked it more than the gerbies..
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Oct 27, 2005 1:27:41 GMT -8
So are there two kind of gallons? The US and the Imperial one? And the imperial gallon is/was used in Canada and the UK? Or am I wrong? Very confusing!
But when you measure in gallons or even littres, you can have different tanks. When they are high, the floor space is quite small. Would it not be more logic to use a minimum of floor space for gerbils? Or are all the 10 or 15 gallon tanks the same in floor space?
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Post by AndreaS15 on Oct 27, 2005 8:02:07 GMT -8
UK and Canada use the same imperial gallon, But I'm guessing since we get most of out supplies from the US here, our Tanks are in US gallons... lol... so confusing. When I find my measuring tape (i'm packing b/c i'm moving) I will measure all the tanks I have. I have a really small one I would like to know how big it is, I've had it forever and used it only for frogs, right now I store gerbil food and treats in it LOL.(Looks like I may be getting a 45G tanks )
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Post by shrimply on Oct 27, 2005 9:15:04 GMT -8
You can find conversions on the internet. Imperial gallons are bigger than US gallons. I think 1 imperial gallon is about 1.2 US gallons(maybe you should add it to the conversion table at the bottom). A typical US 10 gallon tank is only 8.3 imperial gallons.
As to my veiw on tanks the bigger the better to a certain extent. But the minimum should be 10 imperial gallons for two gallons.
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Post by panthershadow83 on Oct 30, 2005 7:02:02 GMT -8
Well, I have two of my gerbs in a 20 gal and three in a 30... lol I got the 30 gal from my parents and the 20 gal we found on the curb, it wasnt cracked or anything, just spider-web-y... lol
Anywho, a good idea would be to add a shelf to a tank. both of my gerbil tanks have shelves that are half the size of the tank... for example, in the 20 gallon, I have a shelf that's 1 foot by 1 foot... so now the tank has the floor space of a thirty gallon tank, for only about ten bucks more. ^_^
If you want me to I could post directions for making a shelf.
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Post by AndreaS15 on Oct 30, 2005 18:30:52 GMT -8
I use the Spice racks from wallmart ($3) as shelves in my tanks. I either put cardboard or a flat slate stone on top so it has a flat serface, it works great!
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