Strawberry wrote:
> >
> >7. I've noticed that Ding-dum seems to poop in the toilet litter pot well,
> >but Poke-poke tends to go wherever he happens to be, and usually in the
> >corners where he's eating. Aren't gerbils supposed to naturally want their
> >cage clean and poop in one spot (ie. the toilet)? Can you train them?
> >
>
> This is completely new news to me. I had no idea gerbils had a
> particular place they'd deposit feces.--
It depends on the gerbil. I have some that pick a particular spot, others will
go anywhere. A few even get their wheel nasty and I have to clean and recover
frequently. It is seems to be an individual preference sort of thing.
Tana and The Little Rascals
http://members.home.net/tlr-gerbilry
