That is interesting that your gerbils make a nest out of the bedding materials.
Sometimes mine construct tunnels, but they get use them to get around, not to
sleep in.
I always have several boxes (cardboard) in the tanks, that are in various stages
of being gnawed on, and my gerbils always have used one of those for sleeping in.
I assumed that they'd want some sort of box to have/raise their pups in (?)
Kristen Baker wrote:
> In a message dated 00-03-14 21:13:50 EST, you write:
>
> << When breeding gerbils, what is a good nesting box? Currently my pair
> sleeps in
> a small sized Kleenex box, but that seems too flimsy for a litter; and
> depending
> on their mood they sometimes gnaw it to bits. I read somewhere that you
> could
> use a bird nesting box. I found a wooden finch one, 5 inches cube with a lid
> that lifts up. The hole is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and about 2 1/2
> inches up off the ground.
>
> You don't even need a nest box (and your right, a gerbil would chew it to
> peices) I always just give them lots of cardboard & toilt paper, and they
> make a nest out of that. :) Hope this helps!
>
> Kristen
