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OK so I am a NEW Gerbil owner I just got my Albino Gerbil, Ice on January 18, 2009. So I have a few questions regarding to bedding and health for my Gerbil. OK so here are some of my questions, so here we go!
1) My little sister is 9 years old (I am 16) and she has a cold and I walk in my room and she is petting my Gerbil WHILE she is sick! Is my Gerbil gonna be OK? Is it going to get sick? Don’t worry I already locked my door and I have isolated myself in my room lol.
2) Do we have enough bedding in the cage? It is about 2-3 inches but she just KEEPS burrowing! Even when she reaches the bottom she tries and tries and tries to keep going thinking that she did not make it all the way to the bottom yet. Is this normal? Do we need more bedding?
3) OK she has a plastic Igloo (She does not chew on it I would remove it if she did I am not an idiot)and she scraps the sides of it! Like its the side of a burrow she has. Its like shes blind! (Shes not I am speaking metaphorically)
4) I don’t want to chase her around the cage to hold her so I want to learn how to properly hold her. I have tried the treat in your hand thing but it didn’t work. :( I looked on youtube for videos but only found a childish 10 year old toeturing a poor gerbil trying to make it hold still for a picture. o.O Any ideas on how to hold her?
5) When I go to pet her she sniffs my fingers then she comes over and bites my fingers! Is this normal or is she being agressive? Any suggestions on how to get her to not bite???
6) I gave her a small ammount of Romaine lettuce is this OK? ( I know I can NOT give her Iceburg lettuce) Can you please give me a five thing list of fruits for her then another for veggies???
THX for all your help and if you are answering I would hope you have or have previously had a Gerbil!!!!!! =D
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No I do not really think please is spelled that way dip wad!
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why don’t you just go and eat some cheese
do you really thing ‘please’ is spelled that way?
if ur sister is sick your gerbils will be ok but to be on the safe side keep her away for a day or two.
you have plenty of bedding my gerbil does the same.
i find it hard to catch my gerbil so scoop her up with both your hand (from her feet)
my gerbils also bites my fingers after a while she’ll get used to you petting her.
romaine lettuce is fine good job for not giving her iceburg they get no goodness out of that.
hope this helps good luck
1) I think your Gerbil will be ok, try to keep him or her out of drafts just in case!
2) Yes, that’s fine. Gerbils like to dig alot. So you might want to get a big pot and put ripped up newspaper (I’m not sure if you can use dirt) in, and sometimes, (when shes good) put her in it and let her dig!
3) First of all, gerbils can’t see very well, and also she might just like to scratch it! Like sometimes, even if you put a Billion chew toys in a hamsters cage, they may still prefer to chew the bars of the cage!
4) Fist, just let your gerbil get used to used to you. A way to help with that is to scoop her up with a cup (don’t hurt her when you do this!)
and then sit in the bath tub with her, and let her get to know your sent! After about a week, try the treat thing again!
5) She only bites, because she is still trying to get to know you. You might need the wear gloves until she knows you better.
6) Strawberries
Carrots
Apple
Peanuts (unsalted)
Cereal (Not the sweetened kind)
Peas
Hope I helped!
Ry*~*
1. Sometimes gerbil can get colds.
2. That’s about enough bedding
3.it ok but gerbils do chew on a lot of things it would be better to give it a toilet roll or something
4.yes its regular to chase her around the cage its afraid of your hand its very normal with most rodents.
5.they think that your fingers are food especially when you have the scent of food on your hand.
6.well im not sure about that if you can ask a vet or something i just feed it rodent food.
hope this helps =)
1. I would recommend your sister has limited contact with the gerbil until she gets better. I’m not sure if the gerbil can get sick, but I don’t think that it’s worth the risk. If she’d like to hold the gerbil, tell her to wash her hands thoroughly before and after. I’ve been sick and still have to handle my gerbils because I’m the one who cares for them. They’ve been fine, but I make sure I wash my hands.
2. Two to three inches of bedding isn’t much. When you’re still taming her, I’d say that is fine, but gerbils are much happier with tons of bedding. I would say 7-8 inches would be pretty good. Yes, that’s a lot of bedding, but they’re big diggers.
3. This digging is normal, but can be caused by lack of bedding to dig in. Try adding more bedding to see if it solves the problems. My girls used to dig like crazy against the glass of their tank until I added tons of bedding for them to dig in.
4. There are a few ways you can pick up your gerbil. The first is to corner her into a toilet paper tube. Put your hands over both ends, then open up one and put her into your hand. The second is to use a cup of some sort. Get her to go into it, then “pour” her into your hand. You can kind of push her into a corner of her cage and use your hands to “scoop” her up. When she’s sitting up on her hind legs, you can use one hand to scoop her up from under her belly. It’ll just take time and practice to find a comfortable way of picking her up. It takes time for the treat thing to work. Just start by gaining her trust.
5. Is it biting and drawing blood or just nibbling? If it’s just nibbling, it’s normal. She might just think your food. She’s just testing to see if you’re edible or not. When she does this, blow a gentle puff of air in her face and firmly say “no”. If she’s drawing blood, it could be aggression. Just be sure to wash your hands so you don’t smell like food, and blow a puff of air in her face if she bites.
6. Small amounts of lettuce are alright. Feeding large amounts can cause liver problems. As for five fruits and five vegetables:
Fruits
-apple (no seeds)
-berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries)
-grapes
-peaches
-one sac of juice from an orange
Vegetables
-broccoli
-carrot
-cucumber
-celery
-peas
1) Yes, I think it should be fine. Most animals can’t catch human diseases, but to be on the safe side maybe you should tell your sister that she can pet her when she’s all better. Then you’ll know for sure your gerbil won’t get sick, and your little sister will have something to look forward to when she gets better, which is nice.
2)The more bedding the better (in this case). Gerbils make tunnels and burrows in the wild, and it’s only their natural instinct to want to try to make those burrows. It’s usually why most people keep them in tanks. But yeah, add more bedding. If she keeps scratching at the bottom that hard, then she could hurt her paws.
3) As said in my answer for # 2 above, it’s just natural. It won’t hurt her to scrape the sides of the igloo, I have one for my hamster and he scrapes it too. Like you said, she’s just trying to make another ‘burrow’ in her cage like she would if she weren’t domestic.
4) I used to have two dwarf hamsters which are some of the fighstiest little buggers you’ll ever see. Basically I put on a thick gardening glove, and let them crawl into it. They sit in the middle of it and chew and nip and bite for like an hour, then they’d settle down and start to walk around the glove. After a month or so, I could hold them on my bare hand without them biting. They were so adorable, I really miss them. Do the same thing with your gerbil. Cut up some fresh veggies or fruits and place them in your glove, and see if she/he eats off it.
5)No, she’s not being aggresive. Think about her transition from the pet store (or wherever you got her from), to a brand new cage in a brand new house with brand new people and brand new smells. It’s stressful for animals and she probably doesn’t quite understand yet, but she will in time. It might take acouple of bites for her to get used to you. Instead of putting your finger near her and letting her sniff you, put your hand as far away in from her as possible. Make sure your hands don’t smell of food, by washing them. Then let’s say she’s in the back corner of the cage/tank. Just put your hand in the cage as far away as possible. This way, you’re not invading her ‘personal bubble’, and she won’t feel as much need to defend herself. It mgiht take acouple of tries for her to come sniff your hand, and she may still bite it but that’s normal. After awhile, she won’t nip.
6) Fruit and vegetables that are safe to feed a gerbil are:
Apple (seedless)
Broccoli
Carrots
Cauliflower leaves and stalks
Cucumber
Lettuce – small amounts occasionally – in excess it can cause liver problems
Parsley – a good tonic
Fruit and vegetables that should not be fed are:
Kidney Beans (raw)
Onion
Potato (raw)
Potato tops
Rhubarb (raw)
Rhubarb leaves
Tomato leaves
If you need to know more, here’s the site :
http://www.petwebsite.com/gerbils/gerbil_fruit.htm
Just copy and paste that into your browser (the white bar that you type sites into, if you don’t know what that is)
Hope I helped! :)
yes he will be fine
fruits
1.apple veggies
1.carrot
2.lettuce
3.brocolli
4.spinach
5.cailiflower 2.orange
3.mango
4.kiwi
5.rasberry
6.lemons with some sugar