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
Easy – Toilet Rolls. Loads of them. The empty middle of a toilet roll – or kitchen towel – can keep your gerbil happy for hours – well – 5 minutes to be exact. Gerbils are programmed to chew – and they love it. Soft clean cardboard is the best for most gerbils – but … 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
We all know that gerbils are cute – so here I have made a cute gerbil collection. Gerbils come in all sorts of colours and have the loveliest inquisitive nature, that it is always wise to keep your camera to hand for some great snaps of your own… But how do you get your cute … Read more
Can Gerbils Eat Bread? Yes is the short answer – gerbils can eat white, brown, granary and seeded bread as often as any other treat you may offer – they are all totally safe for gerbils in gerbil-sized doses. Bread is always in our homes and so is more likely to be offered as a … 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