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Post by Manix on Mar 22, 2004 13:19:24 GMT -8
Hello Peter!
I'm so glad I was able to find where you had moved your forum. My other name was Maverick but I signed up as Manix this round. I will never understand why services will not allow different languages!
On to the post!
How long is too long for a gerbils teeth? and What are some good ways (other than wood chewing) to keep teeth down to a good size?
Also, I would like to know how to keep claws trimmed down becuase Rins claws are like daggers!
Thanks a bunch!
EDIT: Is Cuttlebone ok for Gerbils? I think I read that on another forum but can't remember for sure.
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Mar 23, 2004 8:33:50 GMT -8
Hi Manix, welcome back! I can indeed remember the name Maverick! Good to have you here again! It was indeed very sad that our former forum has been deleted without warning, just because their were some Dutch posts on it. Their justification was that I we were planning assassinate president Bush or something like that, they could not see that! About your questions: the teeth should fit nicely on each other! Here a picture of a gerbil with overgrown teeth (from the National Gerbil Society website). And the claws of Mongolian gerbils has to be daggers! That is typical for these species. Their scientic name mean also someting like "clawed warrior". And another English name for this species is Clawed Jird! When the nails will give problems with walking or that they grow in strange way, than you should trim their claws. Cuttlebone is good for gerbils! Especially for pregnant or nursing females, as wel for growing pups!
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Post by butsam on Mar 23, 2004 10:25:23 GMT -8
What is cuttlebone? I have not heard of this before...
Sam
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Post by Manix on Mar 23, 2004 12:42:27 GMT -8
Have you ever seen the ovalish white block that you give your birds to keep their beak in good shape? That is what is. It comes from the internal shell of a cuttlefish and has a light plaster, powdery like feel to it.
Thanks Peter! I'll just put up with Rins claws. They only bother me, not him.
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Mar 24, 2004 6:27:58 GMT -8
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Post by bellevamp on May 26, 2004 10:42:35 GMT -8
oh!!. this is interesting I never heard it before..... and Peter.. you would recommend it for growing pups???.. it's not dangerous to their health???
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on May 28, 2004 13:29:33 GMT -8
No it is not in my opinion! When they start gnawing and eating from it they are used to eat solid food, the same as their parents are!
When you use bird sand in your sand bath for example, than they will eat the small pieces of shells too!
Many animals do that, some eat even sand! Even African savanna elephants are known to go in caves to lick and eat from the mineral-rich interior!
They do it probably for obtaining some extra minerals!
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Post by ecoa on Mar 20, 2005 16:02:24 GMT -8
I LIKE THOSE PICTURES! ;D
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Post by gerbil2003 on Mar 22, 2005 17:21:51 GMT -8
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Post by sweetie on Mar 23, 2005 7:58:26 GMT -8
I recently tried the cuttleboane (of course I removed the metal first) and the gerbils loved it!! They were busy chewing. It has a different texture than other chewies I have given them.
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