GerbilariumsLeftover boxes from Bisquick, crackers, Quaker Oats, and a tube, made up this fun gerbil run. We didn't see the girls for about a week after we put them into this gerbilarium!
Gerbilariums
Leftover boxes from Bisquick, crackers, Quaker Oats, and
a tube, made up this fun gerbil run. We didn't see the girls for about
a week after we put them into this gerbilarium!
Gerbilariums are
cheaper than plastic toys. Also, the
gerbils enjoy them more. It is like living in Chuck E. Cheese!
To make a gerbilarium
you need only a few supplies: some
boxes, a few tubes and glue.
First, brainstorm a
few ideas for unique features of your
gerbilarium (staircase, lookout platform, etc.) Next, take the boxes
and tubes
and put them in the tank in the arrangement that you want. (Make sure
that your
gerbilarium fits in the gerbil tank.) Then, using hot glue or Elmer’s
glue,
glue your gerbilarium together. Use as little glue as possible. Add
special
features. Next, wait for the glue to dry. Put some bedding in the tank
first, because once you get the gerbils in, you will probably not get
them out! Add your gerbilarium, then your gerbils, and let the fun
begin!
| You can also build a
fun gerbil run out of a large cardboard box. This box measured
37"x18"x13" to start and had contained some build-it-yourself shelving.
We taped the box shut and then cut it lengthwise with a box cutter.
Then we folded over any extra flaps and taped everything down. We used bits a pieces of the leftover box to make the moveable maze you see inside. A few leftover boxes or plastic toys complete the gerbil jungle gym. Put in some newspaper just to keep things clean between visitors. The sides are high enough to keep gerbils in (although a determined gerbil could scramble out, so we only let them play when we can watch them!) |
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