I once asked the cleaning lady in my office building to collect a few of those large
rolls for me...and now I find about two bags' worth (small garbage bag size) in my
office every week! :-) But that's way too many so I have to tell her to stop. I
thought maybe I'll use them to build a maze, but don't have the time right now.
Actually, although they last much longer, I've noticed my gerbils don't chew on them
much unless there's absolutely nothing else. Even then they'd chew on the cage more
than the rolls. Maybe it's too hard a cardboard? They'll leap for me when I come
close with a regualr toilet roll though. I also asked the people in my office to
collect their TPs and paper towel rolls too, so now I'm not worried anymore that I
don't use rolls fast enough! :-)
Amy
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On Mon, 25 June 2001, Kelly Moore wrote:
>
> Yeah, Another good item is the rolls from those large toilet paper
> rolls. A friend of mine works in a convience store and would collect the
> large rolls for me. They're about 4 inches long and about 4 inches in
> diameter, and the card is about 1/4" thick, so it takes awhile for gerbils
> to chew through. On their side they make perfect nests, and stacked they
> can be little hidey holes or whatnot. And thier wide enough so there's no
> sticking potential! :) I'm sure you could ask any store owner or manager
> to get some of those rolls... they just throw them away. You could even
> get some with the paper left on, instant nesting material.
>
> Kelly Moore
>
> At 08:52 AM 6/25/2001 -0700, Rena T. Brown wrote:
> >I was at Winco and while I was discussing the fact corn on the cob
> >wasn't 10 cents anymore, my daughter saw that one of the bag rolls was
> >empty, she is 3, she exclaimed Gabby need that! So I had her show me
> >because she was so excited jumping up and down and squealing and
> >couldn't quite get what she was saying. She took my hand and lead me
> >over to the empty roll. She always brings TP and paper towel rolls home
> >from other people's homes. I asked the manager of grocery if we could
> >have it. He said now that's 10 cents (he was just kidding), but they
> >are a very thick card board and the gerbs love it. I would warn that if
> >you have a fat gerbil they could get stuck in it. But they are pretty
> >big if you have a normal sized gerb.
> >
> >rena
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