>I was wondering if gerbils needed to have their nails
>clipped -- if that would ever be a problem?


Yes, they sometimes do.

>I was thinking of putting a small paving stone/brick
>type of thing underneath the water bottle to catch
>drips and also "file" the nails.
>
>Would that do any harm to their paws?

If you didn't do the whole cage bottom like that.

It should help...I just use a playbox with sandpaper
on the sides (220 grit) and a couple of pieces of
2x4 with sandpaper wrapped around them for the
gerbil to crawl on when playing.

Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch

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