All mammals can swim – it’s a survival mechanism. Swimming for most land-based animals is by definition: not drowning, so when they are accidentally washed away by heavy rain or flooding – they can keep themselves above water for a set length of time in the hope of finding dry land. Most animals don’t ever … Read more
Today is the Day! After what could have been anything from days to weeks, your two gerbils are ready to meet for the first time without the divide between them. You have worked hard up to this point – making your own split tank – choosing the best gerbil to match up with your single … Read more
All Split Tank Introductions need to end with the divide between the gerbils being removed – ideally permanently – so that the Split Tank becomes one whole tank and the gerbils live together as a new clan. However, you can’t just lift out the divide any time you want – you need to plan the … Read more
A Split Tank or Split Cage is a specially made small habitat used to safely introduce gerbils to each other over a period of time. Gerbils do NOT react well to meeting face-to-face with a stranger. Whether these gerbils are complete strangers or are relatives or friends who knew each other a while back but … Read more
Split tanks are a really effective – and safe – way of bonding together two unknown adult gerbils to form a new clan. The basic premise is to put two separate gerbils in a small tank with a secure but removable divide in the middle to ‘split’ the tank into two sides. You keep swapping … Read more
Not everyone gets a choice on which gerbils they split together. Most of the time they already have a single gerbil in their home and this is why they are looking up about Split Tanks online (hello and thanks for searching). There are some Split Introductions that are easier to do than others (adult gerbil … Read more
Split tanks are the perfect way to help your existing single adult gerbil find a new friend (or very young friends) without the risk of serious injury. Yes, I said ‘single adult gerbil’ as it is very unwise (and usually very unsuccessful) to introduce an existing clan of 2 or more adult gerbils to any … Read more
Well to be honest – they rarely eat their own babies – and if they do – there is usually a good reason for it. Gerbil mums may kill their own pups; they may chew bits off their live pups; some pups may just die of natural causes and the mother eats them afterwards. Some … Read more
How to Breed Gerbils With an eye to the future would be my advice. If you are new to gerbils or at least new to breeding them – then this article is full of useful information for before you get started. The biology of breeding gerbils is quite easy in itself – as with most … Read more
Gerbils live in pairs or groups called clans – however, these clans aren’t all happy families even if they look it – they are simply ordered in the best way for survival. And this is the key to keeping gerbils happy. There is – unfortunately – no way of knowing if your gerbils will stay … Read more