RE: [OT][VERY OT] Woodshavings...

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe that's why I didn't have problems - my cages were of the wire sided
t=
ype - so fumes probably don't build up as much???

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 April 2004 23:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT][VERY OT] Woodshavings...
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> It's an option Steve, and something I am seriously looking at - the
> problem is volume...
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> I keep my gerbils in a "gerbilarium" -
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> http://www.wintermute-ltd.com/gerbilhab1.jpg
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> A modified aquarium, (complete with home made MDF lids and dividers)
whic=
h
> lets them dig tunnels and nest the way they would in the wild - it
needs =
a
> lot of shavings however!! - the top tank is now a single unit, and
that's
> where the breeding pair live - it also gives an idea of the amount of
> shavings being used..
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> Gerbils are very clean creatures - they are desert dwellers, so their
> faeces are dry and odourless, still, for good hygiene, the bedding
needs
> to be changed every three weeks or so.. I reckon I get through a 1ft x
1f=
t
> x 3ft bale of wood shavings in about 3 months - that's a lot of doors
:)
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> Ian.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Jones [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 April 2004 22:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT][VERY OT] Woodshavings...
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> Ian
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> Bit of an obvious one really, but why not just get a cheap electric
wood
> planer and a lump of wood and make your own shavings. That way you'll
be
> certain what you've got, and a wood planer will come in handy for
those
> doors that need trimmed when you next change the carpets for deep pile
> ones :)
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> Screwfix sell planers for =A380, but I'm sure you could get one
cheaper
> than that.
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> Steve
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 April 2004 22:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT][VERY OT] Woodshavings...
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> If anyone knows where I can get a reliable supply of hardwood
shavings,
> or better aspen wood shavings, please let me know. It's now a matter
of
> life and death - our gerbils just birthed another litter - these pups
> will be okay until about day 10, the 27th April - if I don't move them
> to other bedding by this point, we may well lose the whole litter
again
> - and I really don't want to see these pups die.
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> Any help will be incredibly welcome!
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