Quote Originally Posted by piranhaking
I had heard that about hampsters because their teeth are so large, but ive never really dealt with gerbils before, so i wasnt sure about temperment. It did just hit me though that i may be able to work it out where the cage could go in the main lab. We're about out of space for tanks (they insist that they need table/desk space to do sit and do work and stuff like that... ) all the corn snakes and the pair of rat snakes are in a rack system, but we have alot of aquariums that we really cant rack. I may be able to put one of the pythons tanks up on a rack and put the mice under it, then the smell wouldnt really be an issue. I guess i can run that by the boss and see what he thinks. We could always try it and if the smell is to bad just scrap the project and feed the adults off. We already have the tanks and lids sittin around and food. All we would need is water for them. Do they have to have the bottle things, or can they get by with a bowl (probably a dumb question, but ive never heard anyone say)
They will get water out of bowls,but they will push the bedding in the bowl also.My rats do this and it really smells up the cages.