Posted by: odors on: April 29, 2009
Gerbil odor as well as mouse cage odor can come from 4 sources. The cage, the gerbil itself, it’s food or it’s poop. If the gerbil is clean, and the cage is kept clean from waste, the odors are coming from their food or general odors that pets like this create. Activated charcoal odor absorber like Innofresh area made for these types of odors and will work well for those odor types. You should notice the smell the difference very quickly. This is because the charcoal odor absorber traps the odor in the pores of the absorber and then you have a good smell again. It lasts up to 4 months. If the odor is strong you may need to use a couple around the outside of the cage. Do not put them in the cage. The odor absorber is non toxic, but the gerbil will try to eat it if in the cage and they should not get near it so they cannot try to eat it.
This is a link to a good website to order odor absorbers for pets: http://www.innofresh.com/innofresh-products/pet-odor-absorber/ They have good information on how this activated charcoal odor absorbing process works and why.