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
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
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 needs to be an order in the clan and everyone in the clan … Read more
A declan is when your gerbils no longer want to live with the current status quo. Many a gerbil clan can be very happy and everyone loves their role in their clan and wants to stay this way for ever. This is true for most male and female clans – especially related pairs. However, this … Read more
That is the Golden Question we all hope for the answer to – a way to stop our gerbil declanning for good. Unfortunately though, around a quarter of our clans will end in a declan – but of course this doesn’t have to mean they had a fight. If you spotted it early enough, they … Read more
Gerbil declanning is a very frightening thing – and often it seems to happen overnight with no warning. This is because gerbils are the masters of psychology and can perform feats of extreme determination while still looking all lovely and cute. Just like – behind the public face of a happy family – there can … Read more
It is most likely that they are in the process of de-clanning. De-clanning is where two gerbils are trying to decide on who should be the Boss in their tank and they are now having to resort to violence. One is usually the original or existing Boss and the other one wants to be the … Read more