>From what I understand, as long as your wood surfaces are flush (i.e. no
edges the gerbils can get their teeth on) you'll be okay, as gerbils are
unable to chew flush surfaces. I have a wood frame cage with hardware
cloth walls and upper floor, and the gerbils have made no progress chewing
through. I always provide plenty of chew sticks (actually children's play
popsicle/craft sticks...lots cheaper than pet store chew sticks but still
non-toxic colors) to distract them. As for the problem of urine on the
floor, I put a ceramic tile floor over the actual wood floor. Granted, I've
only had the gerbils since early January, but no bad odors so far. The tile
is exceptionally easy to wipe clean.
-Jeremy
Michelle Haines wrote:
> From: Bill & Fran Hall
>
> > I am new to the list. I just bought 2 Gerbils for our family. I have
> a question,
> > can Gerbils go in a wood cage? We bought some wood and was making a
> > Iguana cage but then decided not to get one because we want a baby. So
> now we > have this big cage and nothing to put in it.
>
> Unless you sheath all the wood pieces in metal, you're cage would
> quickly become splinters as a gerbil cage.
>
> Please do not post to this list in HTML. Set your outgoing mail to
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>
> Michelle
> Flutist
