Description

Gerbils are social animals with bold and curious personalities. Gerbils love to burrow and play in tubes and boxes.

• - Social animals that enjoy the company of their pet parent
• - Thump their back feet to signal fear
• - Habitat should be glass or metal and escape proof with solid bottom; there should be plenty of room for the gerbil to exercise and play. It is best to provide the largest habitat possible
• - Chew on objects to maintain incisor teeth, which grow continuously; ensure they have plenty of chew sticks or mineral chews available. Gerbils are voracious chewers and should be kept in glass enclosures as they will chew through plastic cages
• - Their habitat furniture should be wood or ceramic as all furniture will be chewed thoroughly
• - Gerbils may be kept in same-sex pairs if they are raised together; otherwise, keep adult gerbils housed separately. Different types of small animals should not be housed together

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