A Simple Fix For A Gerbil Wheel

Grace and Tori kept knocking over their exercise wheel and banging it against the glass.


I fixed the problem by using several twist ties to hang Grace and Tori's wheel from the lid.

I will also post this on the tips page sometime, but in the meantime, I wanted to share a little tip with you.

Some gerbils are happy to just run in their wheels. Other gerbils seem to be obsessed with chewing on the base of their wheels and knocking them over. Grace and Tori both like running in their wheel, but unfortunately, Grace also enjoys knocking the wheel over, chewing on its base, and banging it into the side of the tank.

This gets old very quickly. A wheel going “BANG! BANG! BANG!” against the side of the glass makes you really appreciate how not-so-noisy a squeaky exercise wheel is!!

Well, this morning, Grace was at it again. She had the wheel tipped on its side, and she kept lifting the base and knocking it against the glass.

I decided that enough was enough, and I fixed the problem. All I did was take a few twist ties (like the kind that you can use to close a bread bag), and I used them to hang the exercise wheel from the lid. Now Grace and Tori can run in their wheel, and I don't have to listen to them knock it over and bang it against the side of the tank anymore!