Heather Kowbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Hello again everyone,
>This is just a curiosity question. I have read so much about other gerbil
>owners buying chincilla dust for their gerbils on the internet. So yesterday
>i decided to splurge and i bought some for Foxy and Jaws, the 2 males,
>and i put some in a small container and put it in the large cage. Well they
>do enjoy it....they enjoy using it as a "little boys room".....this and they use
>the wheel as the bathroom in the conecting "house"......not that this is a
>complaint, it does make everything easier to clean....but has anyone else
>encountered this?
>Oh and on another note i would like to thank everyone who wrote me
>concerning water bottles.....we hunted on sunday and found the *one*
>water despenser that has a straight nozzle! (the fun of living in a small
>town has us left with little options for buying good items for them)
>Heather
They do use it as a toilet. For this reason it is usually best to just
place it in there for a short period and remove it either when they have
bathed in it, or if they have ignored it for a while. Gerbils will only
bathe when they need to.
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Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
