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Room of the Room Checklist
A run of the room is necessary for proper Health and Fitness for your gerbil. A gerbil should be given the run of the room about twice or 3 times a week. But in order to let them have the run of the room you must first make sure all is safe!
Note: Feel free to print the page to make "gerbil proofing" easier!
All electric wires are placed up high where they cannot be chewed
All exits are blocked so that your gerbil stays in one room
All holes are covered up or blocked so that your gerbil won't fall into them
Everything that your gerbil can chew on and damage has been removed
No other animals are present in the room
No strange gerbils or non-cagemates are having the run of the room at the same time
There are no places where your gerbil can get into but not out of
There are no things that a gerbil can eat and get sick from (soaps, plastic plants, chemicals, etc...)
You have a way of recapturing them once you let them go (you don't have to let all of the gerbils from a cage go at one time; you can do one at a time to make it easier!)
Another Note: If you don't have the time do do this or cannot do everything on the list you can purchase a gerbil ball, with can replace the run of the room, at any local pet store!