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Post by adoptaratcanada on May 22, 2007 12:01:22 GMT -4
Ciamar a tha sibh, rodentman! I don't konow how to get them started. All I know is that my rat, Hugh, figured it out a few days after putting him in a new cage with a wheel. Locutus didn't take to it right away, buit this weekend he figured it out! Prior to that, it was just their favourite grooming spot Linda
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Post by rodentman on Jun 13, 2007 16:41:11 GMT -4
great now my gerbs are havin the same problem
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jun 14, 2007 1:16:37 GMT -4
Use different types of wheels. See what they like - but leave a wheel in for at least several days or a week before changing it. I have a pair that love to SLEEP in their wheel. You never can tell. But all metal mesh-bottomed wheels hung from the lip of a tank last the longest; Silent Spinner wheels seem to be favorites of the majority. Keep all wheels clean of pee, etc.
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Post by rodentman on Jun 16, 2007 3:44:57 GMT -4
well i put in a plastic wheel and they chewed it in to a milion tiny pieces. i think i will need to buy a metal wheel next time
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jun 16, 2007 13:20:53 GMT -4
Always be sure plastic wheels can spin freely; if not, they are more prone to gnaw them.
I have installed many mesh or solid metal wheels (no rungs).
I have never seen a Silent Spinner wheel gnawed, but they may not be sturdy enough for Syrian hamsters.
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Post by rodentman on Jun 17, 2007 4:26:37 GMT -4
you know the type of wheel you used in "an other way to hang a wheel" thats the type of wheel that i am going to be getting for may gerbils
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jun 17, 2007 5:14:23 GMT -4
That is the mesh metal wheel that I hung from the plastic lip of a glass tank by melting two little holes in the lip.
It doesn't spin as freely as a Silent Spinner, and is surely not as much fun, but it can't be knocked over or have bedding kicked in it, nor be gnawed, and I have not yet seen one wear out.
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