I got my Gerbil :D..

[tikeyas_mom]

YAY. I havent touched him yet, his name is Sager, nick name is Sage. He is white with pinkish eyes, he is exploring his new 10 gallon tank right now. He was housed alone at the petstore . no other gerbs at all anywhere to be his friend. So I'll be buying him one in a few days hopefully, if they get some in stock. Any advise on having lone gerbils would be helpful. thanks

[Desert Arabian]

He sounds very cute! Sorry, never owned a Gerbil- no advice here!

P.S- PICTURES! PICTURES! PICTURES! I love pictures!

[tikeyas_mom]

I will be getting pics soon, but I am gunna let him get used to everything first .. Thanks for being so supportive YLL!! .

[Desert Arabian]

See...I can be nice (when I want to be). Hehe.

[tikeyas_mom]

me 2. lol

guess what, the funnest thing just happend..

My mom never new I bought the gerbil. I told her to come into my room so I could show her the way I rearanged my hamster cages and she's like "ok".. She comes in and sees the gerbil cage in the corner of her eye and notests the gerbil and SCREAMS omg RATS.. I laughed so hard



after about 5 min of convincing her it wasnt a rat, she calmed down and she said she didnt care. lol .. I thought it was soo fricking funny how she screamed it like soo loud. lol..




She always thinks everything is a rat when I brought home my first amster she was like OMG a rat.. lol



now I have 3 hamsters and she loves them to peaces. .. shes soo funny.

[primabella]

Congrats, I love gerbils. Get those pictures up soon

[Jessica12345]

o congrats!

[tikeyas_mom]

ne1 know ne thing about gerbs?> I haver done research dont worrie, but they dotn sell plain GERBIL food here they sell Geril/hamster food!! is that ok? I am worried about it.

Also He isnt getting the hange of his water bottle either. what can I do to get him to see it? put peanut butter on the tip maybe??

also It is soo hard to tell if it is male or female. AHH!!~!!

[Jessica12345]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
ne1 know ne thing about gerbs?> I haver done research dont worrie, but they dotn sell plain GERBIL food here they sell Geril/hamster food!! is that ok? I am worried about it.

Also He isnt getting the hange of his water bottle either. what can I do to get him to see it? put peanut butter on the tip maybe??

well if the food is for gerbils and hamsters is probibly ok.

Im not sure how did he drink it at the pet store? or wherever you got him from?

[tikeyas_mom]

I think "HE" is actully a she

its bottum looks like this pic

This is a female gerbil.

This is a male.

It is soo hard to differ between ahhhh

[shellonabeach]

When they are young it is hard to tell.

I have to say I don't like the way that person is holding them, it's not obvious whether or not they are supporting the front end also.

Gerbils and hamsters do not have exactly the same requirements, gerbils need more protein and less fat.

[tikeyas_mom]

this is what my gerbil looks like kinda. mines cuter. lol



shell what kinds of house hold foods would hepl with my gerbils diet? I also have no idea how old my Sage is.

He is digging like crazy lol. he chewed the heck out of the card board boxes and toilet paper rolls I places in his tank ..

[RockyRoad]

Congrats on the new edition! I used to have two gerbils named Frisky and Cuddles, and they were such dolls. Can't wait to see some pics!

P.S. I've always loved the name Sage, it sounds magical and nice.

[tikeyas_mom]

hey flop how did you sex your gerbs?

[tikeyas_mom]

I just phoned the store and asked how old my gerb was and they said about 4 months.