Re: 2 Questions

[Michael Ryan]

Rubber glue is a NO NO. My gerbils are obsessed with eating or scratching off the rubber.   If anything, harder glue would do, but of course if you wanted to use that tank later for fish, then you will need to build a track so the divider can slide up and down. If you do this, make sure you put a lock or a block; the gerbils will try to lift it, regardless of the size. They can lift it just so they can eat the plastic and create a hole to pass though.   My gerbils eat anything I put in the cage that is made of plastic.   Wire mesh – like a screen for storm doors would work wonders, if you plan on introducing them at some point..     -----Original Message----- From: Gerbil Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Janet Morrow Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 2 Questions   Hi Jason,   I'm not an expert so I will not answer the question of territory and fighting is you were to put the gerbils together.  But I do have a suggestion.  I have a 33 gallon long aquarium that I would like to use at one point in the future.  I do not want to put more than a pair in any given home.  What a waist of a 33 gallon aquarium, it is huge!  (So I can only imagine what a 50 gallon looks like.)  What I am contemplating doing is having a local hardware store cut a piece of Plexiglas to fit snuggly into the center of the tank.  I know that from past experience with fish that it is possible to by the rubbery glue that is used in aquarium.  (sometimes the leak)  This would make the center wall strong enough so that the gerbils could not push it over.   Oh well, just an idea. Janet