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
This different introduction should be a relaxing read. There are many ways to talk about gerbil genetics – and I have done this in various other linked articles – and have read many other people’s versions – but I thought it could be made even simpler. And fun, even? I want to use this simple … Read more
Welcome to the world of gerbil colour genetics – and I wish you a happy journey. Whether it is for fun, for breeding or for showing, this information will become an essential part of your gerbil breeding world. It becomes more interesting the more you know… Knowing the basics of how colour genes work can … Read more
Welcome to the world of gerbil colour genetics – and I wish you a happy journey. Genetics is often talked about in the gerbil world – and it can seem very daunting at first – but I want to make it simpler for you. Here is just a nice broad overview introducing and exploring the … Read more
Gerbils usually live in clans of two or more gerbils – and this is how the gerbil community likes to see them housed – but they can and sometimes do live alone. Gerbils are very social animals and like to socially groom and play and there are some great videos of double-drinking; double toilet roll … Read more
Gerbils are very easy to hold as pocket pets go – just imagine that they don’t have a long tail. Just as with all animals with tails – you should never use this to pick up your pet – but seeing as they can be quite fast little things – people are often tempted to … Read more