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Post by gigi on Nov 3, 2006 22:52:11 GMT -8
i have an all metal cage with 1 inch sqaure bar spacing, is this to wide?
also, if i were to use a crittertrail, would a gerbil chew it up?
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Post by doomgerbiluk on Nov 4, 2006 1:19:07 GMT -8
I have used 1/2 inch by 1 inch but I suspect smaller gerbils could get through 1 inch square if they tried!!
Yes a crittertrail would be chewed up, also they are too small.
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Post by lizzy on Nov 4, 2006 2:27:35 GMT -8
I agree with Doom, apart from anything crittertrails are a pain to put together, very flimsy and badly made, fall apart easily!
You're best off getting a glass tank with your money, they are also cheaper than the crittertrail rubbish. Anything other than a tank your gerbils will either chew up or throw the bedding everywhere (they're digging animals).
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Post by caz on Nov 4, 2006 7:36:53 GMT -8
I agree with Lizzy Gigi! ;D Get a tank if you can  Caroline |
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Post by sepia on Nov 4, 2006 8:14:54 GMT -8
Yeah definatly get a tank, they're so much better for them (and you!). I remember before I got my girls thinking "Nah, tanks are expesive, I'll just get a cage, they can't make that much mess surely!". The morning after getting my Carrie I woke up covered in wood shavings that she'd kicked across me in the night! I bought her a tank fairly quickly after that.  |
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Post by RitzieAnn on Nov 4, 2006 8:23:38 GMT -8
Yup. My critter trail is now my "sick" cage! or my temporary housing if there's a fight or a newbie around. Otherwise, it's empty! You can also find some used tanks at the 2nd hand store or a garage sale... though it's kinda not yard sale season anymore.
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Post by gigi on Nov 4, 2006 12:13:02 GMT -8
thank you for the replies:) is a ten gallon tank big enough for two gerbils? would a plastic bin work? theres no edges so would they still be able to chew through it? i have a crittertrail for my mice and i love it by the way it was only $20 on sale from $25 and glass aquariums cost more than that, at the pet store where i live anyway. i also thought they were crap until i actually tried one. i will take your advice and not use one for the gerbils though. |
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Post by Shooting Star on Nov 4, 2006 13:34:07 GMT -8
I'd definitely see if you can find a used tank; once they're the tiniest bit cracked they're useless for fish, so they're usually given away cheap. You can look in the classifieds as well as yard sales, etc. I know I just saw a tank plus sliding reptile lid in the paper for ten dollars! ;D
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Post by mickeyandlola on Nov 4, 2006 17:06:03 GMT -8
wow what a deal hard to believe i bought my tank from my friends cousin. $25 for a ten or twenty can't remember lol i think 20 anyway i thought that was a good deal i am looking to find one so that if my gerbs end up with kids i can seperate them so they do not keep habing babies.
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Post by RitzieAnn on Nov 5, 2006 22:26:38 GMT -8
Like I said, I go tanks all the way now. Love them. ALso, I pretty much have all of those reptile ones with the sliding latching lid. The 3 on the shorter shelf, and one of the other 20L's on the other shelf I got for $25 at a yard sale. Was gonna be just the 3 20's, but the guys wife- well, I smozed her because at the time I had 10 fosters and had to turn down a few more becauuse I didn't have the tank space- so she threw in the big one! LOL Also, craigslist.org is a great place. Just look up your city.  |
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Post by greyham on Nov 6, 2006 0:40:21 GMT -8
thatas a lot of tanks, the all gerbils?
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Post by RitzieAnn on Nov 6, 2006 10:18:07 GMT -8
Yes, all gerbils. The 2 rats are on the very bottom of the tall shelf>> on the floor. Alll you can see is the wheel in the tank. (they have a newly built home now)
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