I agree, I would NEVER let my babies goto a pet store, I feel sorry for the ones that are there. I felt sorry for Sage thats why I bought her *I was told they ONLY get in males at the time * ... I got Jade because I had been doing ALOT of research and in EVERY book and website it said that GERBILS are social animals and live longer lives ect when they ahev a cage mate. So I got Jade for Sage as a cage mate. You think I am happy it turned out liek this? My mom had to stop me from stressing about the pups because I was freaking out.