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Aquariums are the best and most least costing way to house your gerbils. First of they only cost but $15 dollars while other types of cages can go over $50! Aquariums also allow you to see and pick up your gerbil easier! They protect from drafts and keep bedding from being kicked out as well. Also Aquariums come in a lot of different sizes so you can house up to 10 gerbils in one aquarium (not that you would want to though!) The only disadvantage is that they can one be one level and toys cannot be hung because of the smooth sides of the aquarium. Other than that this is the most recommended type of housing for your gerbil.

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Wire cages seem to have more disadvantages than advantages. First off they allow bedding to be kicked out all over the place. This can become an annoyance and vacuuming will be common. Also drafts are common and your gerbils can bald their nose by chewing on the bars continually which can only be stopped when they are removed from a wire cage! Gerbils also have been known to injure themselves by getting they feet, legs, to tails stuck between bars. Breeders should also know NOT TO keep the breeding pair in a wire cage because of the threats of getting stuck, or falling that will easily injure the pups. Three level Wire cages are also know for having gerbils injured by falling from the third level when they get startled or frighten and make a dash to any safe place. Other that those disadvantages a wire cage offers some advantages like multi-level habitats that allow gerbils to climb, and make it easy to hang toys on the bars.

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A plastic habitat is great because it mimics the way gerbils live naturally in the wild with all the tubes like tunnels and different compartments are like burrows. The only disadvantages are that it can be easily chewed and can smell over time and are very, very expensive. It also proves hard to disinfect ever inch while cleaning the cage. Gerbils an also be difficult to pick up. Because it is easily chewed it can be destroyed quickly. Plastic are easily destroyed, thus they are a waste of a lot of money. I say that they make a much better play ground for gerbils than a permanent home.

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