In a message dated 3/14/2000 9:47:28 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< > 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
(?)
>
I don't use nesting boxes or houses for my gerbils either. One thing that I
have noticed when I use such things for my breeding pairs is that the
gerbils have a tendency to do a lot of digging and scratching causing the
box or house to get knocked over on to the pups. Also the pups can get stuck
between the box and the wall of the tank.
If you do use such things, be sure it is something that the gerbils can't
move so it can't squish a pup.
>>
My gerbils have 1-pound coffee cans in their tanks, but they rarely use these
for sleeping! Instead, they just make a cozy nest out of bedding, cardboard,
and toilet paper. The use the cans as playthings mostly.
Lanie
Royal Star Gerbils
http://www.angelfire.com/ks2/flamingblizzard/gerbs.html
