I have 2 female gerbils and they keep chewing on their tubes. I have bark peices, a hideaway that is wood so they can chew on it, and natural nibblers. I have toilet paper tubes but i don't have one every day so what do i do to keep them occupied so they do not chew on they tubes??
2007-08-25 08:25:29 · 12 answers · asked by M K 2 in Pets ➔ Rodents
Get them an 10-15 gallon aquarium and they can't really chew on anything else but the items you provied that are meant to be chewed on.
2007-08-25 09:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't.
Sorry, gerbils chew. It's instinctive for them to do "housekeeping" on the tubes. You can't stop them.
Replace the tubes as needed.
2007-08-25 08:29:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to stop anyone or anything from chewing anything is to take a cotton swab and rub nailpolish remover all over it, and bam! Os soon as they put their mouth on it they will never want to again(it tastes really gross). Thankyou and goodnight folks.
2007-08-25 08:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of the stairs are created from plastic? Plastic isn't good for gerbils, as that's deadly if ingested. in case you have chunk toys and he remains chewing he plastic, i think of you will ought to get a sparkling cage (a extensive fish tank or a gerbilarium is ideal) or a metallic ladder (larger puppy shops). My sisters gerbils did the comparable along with her cage - she bought the cage and gerbils from the comparable puppy shop - she envisioned the cage to be appropriate fo gerbils because it replaced into the single the puppy shop proprietor reccommended. it rather is suprising what share puppy shops supply the incorrect advice. properly my sisters gerbils chewed the ladder, rung by employing rung, till it got here in 0.5 and there replaced into no ladder left to upward push up with. properly they only jumped! additionally, my gerbils used to chunk the bars of my gerbilarium even in spite of the undeniable fact that that they had chunk toys. i bought them a mineral stone (from around 99p from puppy shops/Wilkinsons), and that they stopped chewing the bars. significant: brush aside the undesirable advice to furnish gerbils as a lot "sparkling carrots sparkling celery sparkling potatoes to chunk on" never supply gerbils uncooked potatoes. and not supply them as a lot fruit or veg as they could chunk on. supply them a small volume 2-thrice according to week, not greater. each and every merchandise, supply them around as much as they could carry of their arms at a time, and remember, basically thrice according to week max (2 circumstances is ideal).
2017-01-05 05:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm take out the tubes is all i can say.. not much u can do to stop it but get some other thing for them to chew. otherwise, u just dont play with them enough, and they want out.
2007-08-25 08:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing you might try is putting vaseline on the edges where they chew. They won't like the feel of it nor the taste of it so they may leave it alone. I know it keeps chickens from pecking each other also.
2007-08-25 08:29:12 · answer #6 · answered by Rli R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are going stir-crazy and becoming ill from boredom. Personally I would just let them go but the least you should do is let them out more often.
2007-08-25 08:38:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuts in the shells..tree branches (like fruit tree limbs)
2007-08-25 08:30:04 · answer #8 · answered by sharonsmineonly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u dont thats just what they do thye wan tto escape and be free
ive tried everything for my dagoes but nuthing EVER worked
so good luck
2007-08-25 08:29:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mix up lemon juice and water and spray the tubes with that.
2007-08-25 08:27:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋