Aspies For Freedom

Loose fitting lids and gerbils not a good idea.I've had gerbils and hamsters escape because the lid was loose.There may be a lids at the pet store that would fit the tank you have.They usually have clamps to keep them tight.Also  the gerbils need to chew on things so make sure they have chew sticks.In a cage they chew on the bars but in a tank they need something else.Enjoy!

Our cat  can a pry plastic seal top lid off her food bin so I would strongly suggest the addition of a weight on top that can not be easily knocked off lest your gerbils gerbil food.

I would make a lid from fine wire mesh, big enough to fold over the top and extend at least six inches down all four sides of the tank. Attach four bars of wood or metal along each side and to each other at the corners. There should be no way the cat can remove that!

Do not use the plastic lid - fish get enough oxygen because of the bubble pump, and do not need much anyway. But gerbils have a very fast metabolism and need the fresh air.

They have wire mesh  covers that have metal brackets that hook onto the lip of the aquarium tank so they wont get knocked if . You need to pull the brackets out to get the lid off - dont think a cat would be able to figure it out but you never know

Snowball, spit him out, we do not eat family members.

Cats are smart, I think they could even figure out doorknobs.

"Wow!  Live prey!"  -Dr. Doolittle!

LOL

My cats have figured out some crazy stuff too

Thank you Janet!

The two you mentioned were my own creations, sometimes I find stuff that is already better than anything I could do, but I like to mess about with the art programmes on computers. I even designed my house using MS Paint in Windows 98, but I now have a MacBook which is far superior!

My boys say that I do so well with basic programmes I should try to get Photoshop; but they have almost filled my computer's memory with World of Warcraft!

I just remembered a trick that I used to keep kittens away from fish: I had the tank on a cupboard top woth a raised edge and filled the space between the edge and the tank with marbles so that they couldn't get a purchase if they jumped up.

Actually, as long as the gerbils cannot smell the cat (with citronella around they probably won't be able to) they won't get alarmed as long as the cat can only be seen through the sides and not the top of the tank. They do not like being 'swooped' on, so keep the tank away form any higher furniture that the cat might access!

BRING OUR PETS TO WORK DAY????


I think not.

Boss: "Where's my gerbil?"

Boss's Assistant: "Where's my cat?"

New Assistant: "Meet my Rotweiler, Killer."

My cat is at the vet today because the exterminator is spraying for bugs.  

Once I had to leave the cat at the office because there was no where I could leave her when the Windows crew came in to the apartment (and I couldn't negotiate)

I had the complicit silence of one attractive forty something woman co-worker who has two cats, Bozeman and Lena

Funny

It wasn't the son who was going to eat the gerbisl, but the cat!

"1-1/2" hole"!? You do realise that holes that size would be quite big enough for the cat to get a paw through, and for any gerbils still alive to escape through? Also, the blocks would not prevent the lid being slid sideways.

Also, any cat-proofing solution has to be simple enough so that no-one forgets a stage. If it relies on lots of separate components, something WILL be left out.

teach the gerbils to swim and fill the tank with water..that ought to freak the cat out anyway...lol

Congratulations!!!Does this mean you're a grandma?lol