Taking care of gerbils

Me giving a boring speech on how to take care of your gerbils. I'm not an expert, but here is some basic stuff. Sorry for the bad english :)
I forgot to mention a very inportant thing: Always have fresh water available!
And correction about the cardboard: Things like cereal boxes are fine too even if they have print on them.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• gerbil
• care
• advice
• cute

[GerbilHuli]

I just bought two gerbils two days ago,one of em seems to pretty calm when i pick it up,but the other one just runs around,running away from me when i put my hand in there?do you think he's stressed or something?,do you know what i should do?

[lunacra]

@GerbilHuli Some gerbils are more shy than others. Give him time to get used to the new enviroment and you.

[xxpythonx]

the wood will get chewed in a bit and get rewiend and u can put plastic in there cage

[lunacra]

@xxpythonx We still have most of those wooden houses after 2 years. They only chew on them when there is nothing else.

[lunacra]

Oops, I removed a comment, when I ment to reply. Sorry! Here it is:

animalgirl156:

does the cage get cleaned, it may be for brrowing but it looks mess, and your not supposed to use that white fluffy bedding stuff, it can kill them if it is eaten, so theres a tip

And my reply:

Yes we clean it about every two weeks, or sooner if it starts to seem too dirty. And the fluffy bedding stuff is digestible and not dangerous. It is from a pet store and especially made for animals.

[MadisonWallace]

Hey. I really like the wood structures you've made. But I want to know how you got the wood to stay together.

[lunacra]

We used little nails.

[NyappyHirude]

Sorry, I also want to say something about the good things you did! You have an amazing cage, it's super big I can see you love your gerbils. :D

[NyappyHirude]

You say that white stuff isn't dangerous, but I've heard several things about it and gerbils and hamsters can get caught in it and die or loose bodyparts. Also, if they swallow it, they could die. Please, if you still think it's good to use, still remove it, cause it does not give them more happiness, they can also do without the fluffy stuff and just go with hay and saw dust as bedding.

[gerbilhelper123]

It's gerbil paradise!!

[MoaEllieTicci]

@NyappyHirude You're absolutely right. Instead of using the "fluffy stuff" I use toilet paper which I just give to my gerbils and they absolutely love it. They tear and chew it apart and then sleep in it. It's cheap, healthy for your gerbils, and very appreciated!

[kingofthecelts]

I'm not an expert but lots of people keep them in 20 gallon tanks I think the rule is 5 gallons a gerbil :) hope this helps

[longliveassata07]

My younger brother wants a gerbil. Can you keep it in a 20 gallon long tank? Or use hamster critter trails?

[bagpussarah]

Wow! You've done a great job of making a lovely home for your gerbils.

[aziL87]

Cool cage!! can you make one for me too? ;)

[Hazenfay66]

great intro for how to look after gerbils,i liked it very much:) i have 4 gerbils myself,and expecting more :D and wow id kill for a huge tank like that,i woulg get you to make me one haha :)

[PRECIOUSstollmyheart]

@Randomshit1353 oh it was sopost to be : XD ..its basicly a laughing face, :L