What round up for Gerbils?
I want to buy 2 gerbils from Pets at Home, but they wouldnt sell me them unless I bought a Gerbilarium. I dont want a gerbilarium for lots of reasons, I want them in a rotastack shut within. On their website it says rotastack are suitable for gerbils.
What do you think is the best type of house for a gerbil? And how can I get a gerbil and a Rotastack whether Pets at Home wont sell me one!! (there are no other pet shops)
The gerbilarium is the best domestic for your gerbils and pets at home is right (i hate agreeing with people).
You can us a rotastack but i don't believe that they are suitable any rodents. unless you buy a fitting few of them and put them together and this would cost more money than a gerbilarium.
And here is why, a single gerbil needs 10 us gallons of space and every gerbil after that needs 5 more gallons. even two normal size rotastack are not 10 gallons.
The root for space are simple gerbils as they get old become more territorial and with at smaller amount 10 gallons of space they are more then likely to fight to the destruction.
And yes a gerbil can if he wants to chew his way out of a rotastack, u be just lucky. I had a gerbil chew out of the lit of by glass container in less than five minutes after i fix the lit with chain mess he was out again.
Rotastack cage aren't the best for gerbils. Aquariums are.
Get a 20+ gallon tank for a pair of gerbils and fill it near a ton of bedding so they can burrow (their natural behavior).
I am from the USA but am familiar with Pets At Home. I am on a forum call eGerbil forum. (www.egerbil.com) and click on the forum tab. They have had problems with Pets At Home as economically.
You can get the gerbillarium but they won't be happy in it and I am glad that you don't want to purchase it!
tel da manager that he is just loosing out on buisness and he cant tell you what to buy or what not to buy
go for the cage you want. ive never have a problem with pets at home, i went their to go and get my rats, i didnt buy the cage the woman told me to, but she still sold me the rats. ask them why you have to buy the cage they want you to own. is it more expenisve than the one you want
Answers: I think gerbilariums are a good choice, and much better than a rotastack, but I find it weird that they'd totally refuse to sell you gerbils if you didn't gain the cage they want you to get. Hm.
To be honest, a rotastack is not suitable for gerbils. Gerbils are chewers, and can chew their way out. Just because the gerbils you have before didn't doesn't mean these ones won't. Gerbils need lots of room to run, play, and verbs. Rotastacks, I feel, do not provide this.
I, along with most other gerbil owners, feel tank with a wire mesh lid or gerbilariums are the best choice of housing for gerbils. All the bedding is contained in the container, there's plenty of room for them, there's little for them to chew on, and it's pretty much escape-proof. It's also easier to clean than plastic cages, and it'll last longer.
If you're set on getting a rotastack, only just get the cage from the store. Then, find a different place to get the gerbils such as another pet store, a breeder, or someone rehoming their gerbils.
I used to use a cup fish tank for gerbils so that the sand or bedding didn't fall out. When I tried a rotastak with a dwarf hamster, he ate an escape gap through the plastic within a matter of days. Check the reasons why the pet shop are advise you in one particular direction. It sounds like they are self responsible pet sellers, but they could also be on commission!
Good luck x
Its one of those things though, your last gerbils didn't chew holes but these might and you will have little process of telling until they are well gone. Is there no other place you could return with gerbils? Perhaps a local breeder? I think in this case you want to respect the views of Pets at Home as they are entitled to make sure that you provide a past the worst environment for any pets they sell. What is the reason you can't have a gerbilarium? Is it a short time ago that you already have the rotastak?
