We have two female gerbils who are about 9 or 10 weeks old now ( we've had them for 3 weeks).
They have one of those litter tray things which they seem to use most of the time - the rest of their tank is very clean. However they also seem to like taking food into the litter tray to eat. Is this normal? is it ok? though I'm not sure how I'd stop them from doing it!
Also, we are getting them used to being handled by stroking them in their tank, and also by putting them in a huge cardboard box with some toys and letting them crawl onto our hands and up our arms. They are so fast though, and they don't seem to want to sit cupped in our hands. Is this just how gerbils are or will they do that in time? Any other tips for getting them used to being handled. They have stopped nipping now as they have realised we are not edible!
They are lovely little things and I find myself watching them digging and playing for ages when I should be doing something else!
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a couple of questions about gerbils
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fifitrixibell · 13/11/2012 12:50
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