I've gotten to the point where I just take out the wheel and leave it out.
It really seems to distract the parents from their young and I've heard
of so many fatalities with wheels and pups. But some gerbil parents will
get so irritated without the wheel that they won't take care of the pups.
So take it out and see how your gerbils react - if they won't accept it
being gone, keep it as far away from the nest as possible and be sure to
wind tape or paper around it so any of the gerbil's feet or tails can't
get caught.
Paige
Beavis Miner wrote:
I am expecting
pups in about a week from today, and I was wondering when
should I take out the wheel
so that the mother cant run on it because I've
heard its bad for the pups.
I also have some plastic habitrail tubes in her
tank, should I take those
out?
Once I do have pups when
can I put back the wheel if I do take it out.
Thanks in advance,
Wee
