Stopping a squeeky wheel?

[stangs13]

I like peanut oil! It held for quite a while when I had mice. I don't know whats the difference between it and Veg oil, but the squeak was gone.

[LadyOhh]

I use Mineral oil.

[filly77]

when you're basically asleep, eyes all crossing and not focusing, and you hear the wheel, but you try to ignore it but you cant, and you're too tired to go down stairs... you get a little creative LOL.. ive been known to use a little chap stick or even flavored oils LMAO (they work in a pinch but dont last too long)

but if I hear it before im in bed, I usually use veggie or olive oil. what ever we have on hand

[Argentra]

You buy the silent wheel.

Using natural oils works for a day or two, but they lick it off or wear it off and you're back at square one.

I replaced all my old wheels with the silent type and it's great! I only have to nudge the wheels away from water bottles every now and then. Now our problem is our female rats clunking around all the time by jumping against the wire or yanking on their toys.

[Bruce Whitehead]

I've tried it all... last time I thought I had them, and I used Vaseline... all 5 ASFs ran up and licked it off with their wee tongues.

Ten minutes later (squeek, squeek, squeek). That noise gets in my head and messes with my dreams.

I bought a few silent wheels, great for the mice and the juvies, but the adults chewed through them in no time.

Grrrrrr...

Bruce

[dr del]

Hi,

Would it be possible to get the ball-races out of computer fans or similar or even re-use the surviving bits the asf's hadn't destroyed?

Could it be mounted so only the shaft and wheel were inside the tank and the bearings etc were outside?

Might stop them eating the lubrication at least.


dr del

[python.princess]

I use Mineral oil.

I second that. Seems to work for a couple weeks for me. But I only ever have one or two at a time.

[equis8]

I use crisco, it lasts for about a week until I need to reapply it. My spiny mice don't seem to care about eating it all off right away, so thats good.

[JasonG]

Well I stopped the squeek for now...

I cut a thin slice of clear heavy duty plastic tape and wrapped it around the exposed metal on the wheel...

Lets see how long it will last until they rub right through it...

[Ladydragon]

yeah, veggie oil, or natural oils works good. now somebody please post a pic of a silent wheel so I can see what Im missing. Cause I have one female mouse (her daughter recently passed) and she runs in her wheel all the time and all I hear after a bit is the squee squee squee.