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myLot reputation of 96/100. SheliaLee (1306)   ranked 1 out of 5 in gerbils1 year ago

Do any of you have gerbils that chew on their food bowl or any of the other items you keep in their cage? My daughter's little gerbil is bad to chew on her food bowl and on her exercise wheel. My daughter gives her the little chew sticks and she will chew on them some but mostly will just hide them the bedding. Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can stop her from doing this? We appreciate your input.

SheliaLee

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 84/100. mouse27 (1021)   1 year ago

i don't have a gerbal but you could put a different bowl in there that won't get wrecked if she chews on it and keep the old one in also so that she has something to chew on. she could be doing it to let you know that she's hungry or she could be teething ..... yes animals teethe too

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2. myLot reputation of 98/100. mihimolly (4890)   1 year ago

Ours used to do that.Gerbils will chew anything plastic. We had a metal excercise wheel and a stainless steel bowl for food in one gerbil cage and a ceramic bowl in the other one.
They should be allright in a plastic cage though as they cant get their teeth around an edge.We had a piece of clean drain pipe with some holes in for them to play with.
They love those big thick cardboard rolls to chew on too,the kind that you get posters inside or printing paper wrapped around. We used to get then from a photoprinters who would just throw them away.


myLot reputation of 96/100. SheliaLee (1306)   ranked 1 out of 5 in gerbils  1 year ago

Thank you very much!! We may have to get her a ceramic bowl for her food because she has a tendency to knock the plastic one over and then her food goes everywhere. You have really been a lot of help!!

SheliaLee


myLot reputation of 96/100. SheliaLee (1306)   ranked 1 out of 5 in gerbils  1 year ago

My daughter took your advice after I told her what you said about a stainless steel bowl for her gerbil's food bowl. Hopefully the little thing won't be chewing anything but her food now!!

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3. AceJayce (7)   1 year ago

My 2 gerbils (now 3) like to chew everything inside the cage - wheel, cage, bowl. The old plastic house was being half-chewed and I had to remove it because there were plastic bits everywhere. Even the water bottle support was chewed and fell. Now they sleep in the botton of the cage in the middle of wood (and paper) shavings and as here in Brazil is not very cold they dont mind the temperatures. As for the water bottle, I got a new (and better) one with a metal support.

My suggesttion is simple: everything in metal (wheel, bown, water bottle support, and a bit of wood (not chemically treated). Mine gerbils have a piece of dried hard wood I got from a tree which fell down. I also give them some paper to play (and shred).

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4. myLot reputation of 94/100. twoey68 (5546)   1 year ago

We had ginny (sp?) pigs for a long time and they too chew on everything constantly. The pet shop owner said it is because as their teeth grow they have to keep chewing to kind of file them down and if they don't it will cause teeth problems with them. Maybe talk to your pet shop owner or a vet. There may be something else you can put in the cage for them to chew on. Either that or just replace the dish as it gets too chewed on. Good luck!!

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