Water Bottle vs Water Dish for Gerbils 🐹

[@thenoblegoat7895]

I have 2 gerbils one mainly drinks from the bowl and the other one exclusively drinks from the bottle

[@Stansark]

We tried using a waterbowl for our two boys, but they just decided to poop in it and put bedding in it haha! we currently use water bottles and on regular occasions they both actually drink from it at the same time (which is super cute)

[@AnimalLover-qp1um]

Before I saw your videos I used a water bottle now I use a water dish. Thank you!

[@finsandwhiskers]

Which do you use for your gerbils? 🚰 For me, dishes outweigh the pros and cons of bottles. For health reasons and good practice in general.

[@Leo_cycles]

I prefer water dishes as i dont have to worry about the bottle not working although sometimes dishes can get water everywhere

[@PetConnectionInternational]

I switched to the niteangel bowl after I got fed up of all the bottle leaks every day 🥲 plus it's much easier for them to drink from ☺️

[@finsandwhiskers]

@@PetConnectionInternational woo!!

[@animalworld4725]

I have a water bottle as I’m worried if my gerbils get wet. x

[@victorc4_1234]

I started out with a water dish because it was more natural for them and honestly they just look so cute drinking from one😅 but I had to switch over to a bottle because they couldn’t last a half hour without completely filling their water dish with bedding no matter where I put the dish 🤷‍♂️😅

[@PetConnectionInternational]

This was a great comparison ☺️ I definitely prefer bowls, but I think both can work depending on the circumstances

[@Surronater]

Ur pfp💀💀💀💀💜💜💜💜💀💀💀💀

[@ssandhu0808]

Whaa hamsters and gerbils drink from bottlees

[@noway742]

Shine 😃 you are back! Missed you.

[@finsandwhiskers]

Thanks for sticking around!🙈

[@Leo_cycles]

Yup

[@juulisadevil3228]

If I do have a water bottle, at what height should I put it? Do I put it so they stand on their back paws while drinking or do I put it way down so that they only have to move their head?

[@luskwtf176]

My gerbil runs away from me and bites me is that normal? I made a mistake and only bought one gerbil and now it’s too late because I feel like they will fight if I introduce a new one

[@carieevans3787]

Using a split cage really really really works. It takes about a week, but its works like magic! They will become friends.

[@ianb3409]

Thanks, without a topper it's tricky to find a good water bowl solution but that's just more motivation for me to build a topper

[@dumbartonyankee]

This has me thinking! I have their bottle up in the wire topper, well away from any bedding and where I've paved it with tile samples. Although I've seen no issues with my 2 (they're generally pretty independent), there's no reason why I can't also give them a dish up in the topper. The only things up there is access to the wheel, the bottle, and their vegetable dish (which doesn't always have food in it.) I'm going to be putting a dish there, as well. I have to be away for up to two nights many weekends, so I'll have to leave a bottle.

[@finsandwhiskers]

I hope it works!! 🤞🏼

[@kellykids9107]

I use both😃. One of my boys likes to carry bedding over and dump it in the water dish. Why? No idea🤣. I do have a divider but they love bringing bedding into their wheel/ sand area.

[@sariruoskanen135]

Most of my gerbils have actually preferred to get most of their water from vegetables, fruits and berries! 😄 I cant remember how it exactly went with my first two pairs when it comes to just water, but eventually they used the bottle and now with my trio they agree to use the water bottle only. I tried to get them to drink from a water bowl for almost a month (!), tried different bowls, even tried "handfeeding" the water or putting veggies they didnt like that much (like cucumber) to leave no option but to drink from a bowl but still no 😅 Another funny thing is that most of my gerbils have managed to drink in pairs from a water bottle 😄 I have never had territorial issues with gerbils but their terrarium is big (360 L/95 gallons) and their food has been spred or in a low food dish where all can eat at the same time. Ps. It was so lovely to find your channel before I got my current trio, the last time I had gerbils was almost a decade and two decades ago, and the bedding and food has improved so much and your videos were amazing to remind of all the gerbil (care) things but also to learn new stuff. Thank you for your super cute and super informative videos 🥰

[@cecilienielsen5765]

Can gerbil's eat almonds?

[@finsandwhiskers]

As long as they are completely peeled! As a treat only

[@FernandoW910]

Awesome tip!

[@star_luvrss]

I tried using a water bowl but like 5 minutes later my gerbils filled it up with bedding lol, no matter how high of a platform it was

[@finsandwhiskers]

This is why I always recommend dividers for gerbils! 😂

[@star_luvrss]

@@finsandwhiskers their tank is divided but even tho on their playing side has pretty shallow bedding they still find a way to kick it EVERYWHERE 😂

[@tarryn2843]

@@star_luvrss me too! I had the exact same problem! They just love moving the bedding around

[@spidermonkey304]

Hmm I was using 2 water bottles for a while since I went out of town for a few days. Went back to one but I’m thinking of adding it back or using a dish and a bottle together….any thoughts ? Edit: I only have a pair.

[@finsandwhiskers]

Whichever works! You can always try the dish since you previously tried with two bottles. Gerbils just love climbing and throwing it down in my experience, but that’s just me assuming that happened with the previous bottle 😅

[@carieevans3787]

Are orange gerbils a western thing? I'm in Ohio, and all I can find are white, black, beige, brown, or a combo of those colors. I want an orange one!!