westo37 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Help, We have two gerbils and bought them a new Qute home for Christmas but they won't use the tube between the living and tunnelling compartments. We've tried placing treats or fruit at the base if the tube to try and tempt them down but no luck. Any ideas please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyBean2605 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I had a similar issue with a hamster and found the only way was to physically "post" her into the tube (this wasn't a Qute but similar) as gently as possible and she would work out where it went. Maybe try introducing them to the tube from the top and bottom to teach them what its for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I agree with posting the gerbils! We had two girl gerbils who needed gentle posting down the tube, we kept kept our hand over the top to ensure they went down. It only took a little while. Our current three boys mastered it very quickly. Just a word of warning, if you have a cat beware that the Qute isn't cat proof as we sadly discovered. The gerbils are my sons and live in his room. In the summer, our cat got into my sons room through his velux, while he was asleep, she managed to prise open the wire door and killed both of his girls. He was deverstated (as was I). His new boy gerbils are still in the qute, but we now have a clip on the door which cannot be opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westo37 Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks for the replies and tips. Will try the 'posting' method although we had a break through this morning after replacing the tube with a wooden ramp (which I'm sure they'll chew their way through!) I found them both in the bottom half having just placed them back in the top! Maybe they've finally figured it out!! thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Eeek had visions of 2 gerbils on the London underground being squashed by commuters phew thank goodness for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
