i had a gerbil named Nike before and it lived a long healthy, happy life for about two years (their average lifespan) and it didnt have another gerbil in the cage and it wasnt all depressed.
2006-11-05 05:31:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
i have had both hamsters and gerbils. they seem to do better if there are 1 in each cage. we had 2(same sex) in 1 cage once. they fought pretty bad. one day we woke up and 1 was dead. it wasn't too long after that the other died of lonliness. so if you have one at a time it's better
2006-11-05 07:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ cat furrever ♥ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gerbils are very social animals and deserve to live in pairs. But beware of having more than 3 females together because there is a chance of them breaking apart and having territorial fights. Males generally get along better in larger groupings.
2006-11-05 07:40:33 · answer #2 · answered by Em 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't HAVE to but some people think it is better to have two gerbils because maybe they once had one gerbil and it died. Then they got two gerbils and they lived longer.
2006-11-05 05:41:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had 2 female grebils that I rescued from the SPCA (there time was up...) and they spent hour grooming each other and sleeping together. When one died the other seemed to miss her for a few months and then was ok. They are social animals and do like the intraction. But they can also live happy alone.
2006-11-05 05:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by pharfly1 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi I dunno who said it but it is a fact that they are better in pairs...Regards Jake
2006-11-05 05:44:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋