I know that the plastic ones are hardest to clean, hamsters and Gerbils can bite through them sometimes and find ways to escape through the attachments.
With the metal cages (wire/metal) there is usually a wheel installed with it but you can completely smell everything because of how open it is. Plus, it's metal so it makes a lot of noise with the wheel and everything.
The aquarium looks the most boring, but it smells the best and has less of a chance that the pet can escape, plus you can buy a food dish and water dish, wheel, and other toys that make it look better. Plus they're the easiest to clean.
This is what I have found out through coustomer reviews and experience.
If you have GERBILS, since they bite on things in their cage so much, what things did you do?
If you have a GERBIL, did yours ever bite through or escape in a plastic or metal cage? That's why I am thinking that an aquarium would be the best idea- it's the biggest and easiest to clean, right? :-)
Answers:
Gerbils are BRILLIANT escape artists, high jumpers, and energetic diggers/burrowers. A glass aquarium with a screen top will accomodate all of these issues. I've kept gerbils on and off for several years and I've always used a glass aquarium. Yes, they are very easy to clean and they don't have to be boring at all. Right now, my cage has a wooden gerbil house, a nice big gerbil safe wheel (they need a large one to accomodate for their tails), an edible hollowed out tree stump (fake, of course), a large chew that can be rolled around the cage, and a food dish and water bottle. It's a pretty neat looking set-up.
If that's still a little boring for you, follow this link to a really cute decorating idea that you attach to the outside of cage:
http://www.twinsqueaks.com/tips-archive/...
EDIT:
Forgot to tell you how I clean it! Once a week, I take everything out and rinse it really well with hot water and dry it completely before I put it back together with fresh bedding (my gerbil sits on my shoulder while I do it--cutie pie that she is!). Twice a month, I wipe the cage and everything that goes in it with a small pet safe disinfectant. It never smells!
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dontttttttt get two gerbils they will kill eachother!!
But aquarium works the best just try to find something that fits on the bottom so you can just pick it up and clean that.
An aquarium or storage bin cage would be best. See this link for info and instructions on how to make a bin cage:
http://www.petwebsite.com/article_read.a...
The answer depends on you. Plastic = NO. Just cost your more $ replacing %26 can make them sick.
Aquarium would be more convenient for you.
Wire is better for them. They have better air flow to breathe. If you are concerned on odor - - clean it frequently which is good for both them %26 you; use cedar chips. Wheels don't have to be noisy - - talk to pet shop %26 get a good one.
or . . don't get them at all. Even a cat pan will smell if not cleaned regularly.
first of all, to the person that said gerbils will kill eachother is wrong, gerbils prefer to have a buddy
and anyone of these cage is perfect for your rodents, it shouldnt smell bad if you clean it often enough
and i think the plastic or metal would be the best there ismor ventalition in the metal wich is good,
i used a 10 gallon tank with an extenion lid that had for levels they loved that and it allowed them to get air without leaving but it can be around 40$
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