hello! my gerbil is currently being paired with another by a breeder, and im going to pick them up sometime within the next few days. I've had issues with past gerbils fighting and getting territorial, so I want to make sure in their setup it's not likely these two will and that it'll be as comfortable for them as it can be.

i have a 40gal tank, two 20gal tanks, a cage topper thats a little bit smaller than my 40gal and another topper that's a little smaller than the 20gals.

would the 40gal tank with the big topper with (potentially) multiple levels be too much? should I just leave it at the 40gal? thank you for any consideration 🐈‍⬛

Hi everyone! I would greatly appreciate A lead on a gerbil breeder near Pittsburgh PA

On Saturday I picked up a new gerbil that was supposedly male, but has ended up being female. As I can't bond her with my male, I have put her in a separate tank. She is 3-4 months old and is a tiny little lady. Sitting close to the tank, I can hear faint, rapid squeaky noises, particularly when she is sniffing around. It's really frequent, so I'm a little worried. I did think it could be chirping, but it is really frequent and seems in line with her breathing.

She is eating, drinking, exploring, and is very lively! Doesn't seem to be in pain at all, and the noises aren't clicky. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on what this could be? Thank you in advance!

I have 2 gerbils of an original 15 that were rescued (all kept in groups of 2 or 3), one male, Jerry, and one female, Luna. They've been in their separate cages since I got them, but wanted to upgrade them since they're now in old age (approximately 3 or 4?). Since moving them Luna is fine, has explored her cage to the best of her ability given that she's blind, but Jerry keeps asking to be taken out and when he goes into his bedding he's squeaking. I've not heard him make this noise before, he has his own original bedding there to have his scent, but I'm not sure if the noise is because he can smell Luna in the room? He doesn't show any signs of pain but it's worrying me - please respond if you know why he's making this noise!

not that I would ever do this!!!!! but google isn't helping me. what would happen if you put gerbils and hamsters or rats or something in the same tank together??? would they fight to the death or be besties or ignore each other????? theories please!!!

So, unfortunately, my gerbil passed in the middle of the night. It wasn't entirely a surprise, he's had a health issue that we expected to take him months ago, but still hurts for obvious reason. I've been stressing how to help my 2 year old with it. Well, it has gotten to the point in the day when my 2 year old goes through our routine of giving Dracula his food for the day. We have an almost full bag of food.. is there anywhere I can take it so it doesn't go to waste? We also have some pet bedding that I was wondering if that is something I could donate to someone/where.. I'm sorry if this is not allowed, I'm not really thinking clearly.. I had 2 gerbils for almost 6 years, they got me through the height of the pandemic. We lost Dracula's brother not too long ago, but now both are gone and its kind of breaking me way more than I was prepared for..

Wanted degus for years and this was honestly fate.

I'm not sure if I need to mark this as nsfw but tbh I'm really panicking, I had two gerbils and one died a few months ago, the other one I noticed had been scratching his stomach a lot and yesterday I checked him again and there was a rather large cut on his stomach, this morning I checked on him and normally he's got crusty eyes that I clean for him every morning so I done the same this morning however they were completely crusted shut and once I got rid of the crust tons of goo came out, I put him back in his bed and he immediately started stumbling out of it, he couldn't walk in a straight line and kept falling over, I panicked and checked his ears, one ear was completely blocked with wax which I managed to remove and put him back in his cage but yet again he stumbled out of his bed and went to the corner of his cage and it looked like he had a seizure and then slumped onto his side which was the exact same position my other gerbil went in before he died so I panicked and took him out of his cage and he's been sat onbmy lap or in my hands not moving for the past 7 hours, his breathing keeps om changing and he won't open his eyes, I've tried to put him in his cage to see if he does the same thing which he does, I really don't know what to do I cannot afford to take him to the vet and i know that that is terrible but you can hate on me once I find out what's wrong with him, I think he's dying but like I said he's been sat on me for the past 7 hours whereas my other gerbil died an hour after he collapsed in his cage, but my current gerbil is acting the exact same as my other one was while he was dying, I'm just not sure what to do or if he definitely is dying. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have a male gerbil who is about two years old. I noticed he was bleeding and when I picked him up noticed a lump by his scent gland. Knowing theyre prone to tumours I was worried and called the vets. First vet I saw barely looked at it, said it was just a cut and gave him antibiotics. Second vet said she agrees its a growth of some sort, not necessarily cancerous, but likely a scent gland tumour. He seems totally fine in himself, you wouldnt even know it was there given his behaviour. She said to just keep an eye on it and if it grows, bleeds again or he seems unwell to only then consider surgery given the mortality risk. I'm just a little concerned about just leaving it to see if he gets worse because surely it will in some way? Do some gerbils just get growths/tumours and live with them totally fine? If not, why not just act now before he becomes ill?

This might be a silly question but I heard someone say if you give gerbils too big over the minimum they might become territorial of space, I’m planning to get 2 girls and put them in a 120x60x60cm enclosure but do you think they would fight over parts of the enclosure or am I just overthinking this?

I had a gerbil a few years ago and now I’m questioning whether he was a gerbil or not. He looks a lot like my mice that I have now and I am baffled.

do yall think they are siblings?

Specifically, how do y'all take em out to clean it? Especially without stressing them out.

Have 2 females(Peggy and Joan) before that had had 2 males(fudge and Wiggler - who have sadly passed).

The behaviour difference between the two pairs is unbelievable. My males were very active generally all the time however the females are very active only every so often. Also around this time, they get, erm quite amorous with one another. Does anyone else’s females follow this pattern?

my gerbil is acting kinda weird, she stays still for a long period of time and sleeps behind the wheel (wich is a pretty small space), im getting a litle worried about her, cause she acts weird unlike the other 2 gerbils

random photo btw

(yes I currently have one gerbil but I'm in the process of getting a second one, I'm checking the pet store every week for a male) Hii!! Yogurt is a picky eater but he loves his treats. Does anyone have any fresh food recommendations? I've tried apples and carrots, but he doesn't seem to like those much. He LOVES his seeds and corn though

I'm a new gerbil-parent, have a 40-gal tank that's basically all bedding with a topper on it, etc. My dudes seem pretty happy overall (had them for ~3 weeks and they're already willing to climb up on my hand), but they scrabble-dig at the corners of their tank a fair amount.

I've seen some recommendations to put a rock at the bottom of the tank for a bit of variety in their digging, and I was wondering: if I put fist-sized rocks (after cooking them to kill the "stuff" on them) in the tank corners, would that have any impact on the corner digging? I.e. would they just dig somewhere else in frustration, or would they accept "this is the edge of my home"?

So I have a trip for college athletics coming up soon and originally my gerb go with my family for 3.5-4 days but now a conflict came up and she is not able to go with them. Would my gerb be okay for those 3.5-4 days if given enough food and water?? I really don’t want to risk it but I’m running out of options. HELP

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Following my post from yesterday where Pippin managed to escape and hide for a few hours, he was finally caught and returned home. Merry seemed fine with him, grooming him straight away and they both seemed normal if not skittish. They both seem okay today also, a few dominance squabbles but so far nothing serious, although I am keeping an eye on them.

I finally received their tank upgrade today and was planning to move them in straight away (their previous tank had some plastic lining that Pippin was insistent on chewing, so I upgraded to a Bucatstate) but am concerned that a change of home will only stress them out further today while I'm still monitoring them. Would it be best to put them in tomorrow if all goes well today? Or just go for it anyway (obviously putting in some old bedding from previous home and their old toys etc)? Or even have them play in the new tank today for a little and observe but have them sleep in their usual one?

Thanks everyone! 💕

It is a tumour, I thought so. He's lost about 10grams of weight since I last took him to the vet.

The vet basically said that I was right about it being a tumour and that I could give him surgery but that doesn't stop the possibility of there being more on the inside and I also just can't afford it, so she said that I've gotta think about his quality of life.

The surgery could be up to £800 and I cannot afford that, there's also the possibility that it won't even work. I don't want him go, I don't want his brother to be alone but I have no choice, I don't want him to suffer. I'm going to talk to the vet more about this soon and see what happens but by the looks of it, I'll have to put my boy to sleep.

Experiment Gerbil Hank got an upgrade. 55gal with lots of wood and cardboard. Any suggestions to keep his lil brain going? Also, Drover, his new friend is settling in atm.