On Thu, 22 November 2001, Tony P wrote: > > I think the best material to use is Chinchilla dust/sand, it's relatively > cheap and non-toxic. I personally have a smallish bowl of it in their cages > and they love to roll and dig in it :) > > It also keeps their fur more or less grease free too. (I didn't notice this > until I took one of my pairs to a show recently, they both won best in > class, the albino especially as she was actually white compared to the > others). > > HTH :) > > Tony P > If you have only a few gerbils chinchilla dust is cheap, when you have as many as I do it's expensive. :) Sometimes I use cornmeal instead. Not quite as good for the fur, but they still like it and it's cheaper.
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