Gerbils are much more avid chewers than hamsters and they will quickly chew through a plastic cage.
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Avoid plastic cages.
They will hide out in their nest box and use it for sleeping.
Bedding use carefresh bedding.
Even sold sided plastic cages are at risk as somehow gerbils still manage to gnaw through.
Clean your gerbils habitat at least once a week.
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Also make sure they are just shredding cardboard rather than eating it.
The way you stop them chewing plastic is by being a responsible owner and removing any plastic from their habitat.
Plastic and wire habitats are not appropriate for gerbils.
Make sure they are no parts or strings on toys that could trap a gerbil s toes legs or tail.
Gerbils will quickly chew up and destroy a plastic cage and they will kick their bedding out of a wire cage.
When your pet chews his toys he s accomplishing two things he s programmed to do.
I know it s not the answer you wanted to hear but you are keeping your gerbils in a hamster cage which is entirely unsuitable for them and possibly dangerous.
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Gerbils to be used as a sexual stimulant and rubber sheets for the vaginal and penis fluids.
Make sure your gerbils aren t able to splinter off sharp pieces of plastic or other materials and swallow them.
The plastic cages with tube accessories are not ideal cages for a gerbil.
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This makes all sorts of cages inappropriate for them.
A sturdy wood or ceramic nest box is preferable to plastic since any plastic will quickly be destroyed by chewing.
And no plastic is not good for them.
Gerbils also need a nest box to feel secure.
Also these cages do not give enough room for the depth of bedding your gerbil will need in order to dig tunnels and create underground rooms.
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The final part of the puzzle is that gerbils are capable of gnawing through even the most solid plastic and wood.
Gerbils can also damage their teeth and noses chewing on the bars of a wire cage.
Wood will likely get chewed as well but tends to last a little longer.
Gerbils are little gnawing machines who chomp on everything around them plastic wood cardboard cloth.
This is not about nourishment.