Chinchilla Dust

I just LOVE my POLAR FOXES!!!!! They are so cute, perky, soft, cuddly, and

hyperactive bouncing off the walls busy! Thank you so much Snooty-Agouti!

1st question regarding chinchilla dust.

I am using the Super Pet brand of chinchilla dust. It is composed purely of super

low dust volcanic mountain pumice. When the gerbils frolic and have their

gerbilarian follies in the sand, is it common for them to put the stuff in their

mouth and crunch on it? Are they attempting to grind their teeth down?

Afterwards, they head over to the water bottle for a drink, and return.

2nd question.

You guys think a 20 gal tank is too small to have a half-side sand

and half-side carefresh bedding setup? I thought about having 3 inches on the left

with a lexan wall to hold the sand in and the other side carefresh bedding.

3rd question.

Another gerbil behavior curiosity. I read many pages on gerbil behavior. They all

mention stereotypical digging thought to be associated with

burrowing instincts. This indeed appears to be an obvious truth, but what about

digging attributed to line-of-sight? The gerbil views the ground, sees a clean spot

he just made directly in front of him, and perceives this as the beginning of the

borrow that leads deeper? (Just a brain-fart) ;-)

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