I have been keeping my gerbils in an old 36" fish tank. One day I thought, wouldn't it be nice if I increased their living area and make a run for them. So I went to my Lps and bought a Habitrail kit.(I know they are designed for hamsters) I thought hamsters/gerbils shouldn't be a problem. Spent a tiny fortune linking up tubes and outbound feeding areas and platforms and other various toys. Linked it all up to the main tank. Cut out a circular hole in the side of the tank and sealed the joins. They enjoyed for a long while, until I noticed that they were "digging" in a particular area. Despite lots of chewy material they insisted on knawing at the tubes. Eventually a hole appeared. I sealed it. Another appeared elsewhere,sealed that, another and another. So the habitrail unit looks like something that had caught ick. I never expected that the gerbils would be such escape artists. Does anyone else know of such agile escape artists?
I don't really want to confine them back to just the tank,especially when the've had the freedon to do what they enjoy, but I can't keep plugging holes. Any suggestions?
I don't really want to confine them back to just the tank,especially when the've had the freedon to do what they enjoy, but I can't keep plugging holes. Any suggestions?