Gerbil Grooming & Health Products

Keeping your gerbil healthy and happy means having a few key gerbil grooming and health supplies on hand. Chewy carries a variety of gerbil grooming products, as well as the gerbil health products your little buddy needs to stay well and feel his best. You’ll find a great selection of the best gerbil healthcare and grooming brands to help you take care of common complaints and grooming needs at home.

Gerbils are naturally clean and will take care of most grooming by themselves, so they usually require little to no cleaning help unless they get into something unusual or are older or ailing. So, the answer to the question, how often should you bathe a gerbil? is: almost never, if you’re talking about a water bath. Gerbils are desert animals and don’t like water, plus bathing strips their coats of protective natural oils, so avoid bathing them unless absolutely necessary. On occasion, you may need to spot clean your gerbil or use a dry small animal shampoo, and Chewy carries several gerbil-safe products for spot and dry bathing. You should put a dust bath in the cage for your gerbil once a week so he can get himself clean, however. Use a small container filled with small animal bathing dust and let your gerbil roll around in it. This is how gerbils bathe in the wild, so most gerbils will take to it naturally.

You may need to occasionally clip your gerbil’s nails if they get too long, and you can find small animal grooming clippers and kits with brushes and other tools to help you handle minor grooming tasks. Gerbils will also sometimes get mites, which can cause skin issues and even disease. What kills mites on a gerbil? A pyrethrin-based spray made especially for gerbils is best, and you should also treat everything in the cage with a gerbil-safe mite spray to help prevent reinfestation. Chewy also carries flea and tick treatments that are safe to use on gerbils.

In addition to great grooming supplies, Chewy carries lots of gerbil health and wellness products to help keep your gerbil in top shape. We carry supplements with vitamin C, multivitamins and probiotics to help ensure sure your gerbil’s getting everything he needs in addition to his healthy gerbil food diet, plus calming remedies, joint supplements, skin and coat support supplements and more. Gerbil first aid products will help you handle minor complaints, while things like scales and thermometers can help you monitor your gerbil for health issues. Shop our online store for all your gerbil supplies, including essentials like gerbil bedding, gerbil toys and gerbil hideouts and beds. Chewy has the gerbil grooming and health supplies you need and everything else you might want for your little pets!