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Absolutely. A male and female gerbil kept together in a cage will reproduce at a rate of about one litter (usually 3 - 7 babies) per month.

Gerbils are very friendly and social animals, and don't like living alone. It is best to keep two to four of them together, as space allows. However, unless you want to be overwhelmed with baby gerbils, you should keep the sexes separate, i.e., choose to keep only females, or only males.

Gerbils will generally accept new cage-mates only when they are young. If you have an older gerbil, do not attempt to introduce other gerbils to the cage, as these otherwise gentle rodents will aggressively defend their territory, even to the death.

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