you CAN wash a gerbil but in chinchlla dust, you may find at you local pet shore, ask pet shop staff for more detales
Mongolian gerbil was created in 1867.
In the Mongolian desert.
It is most likely to be Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian Gerbil. No other gerbil breed is commonly kept as pets, near to 100% of pet gerbils will be the Mongolian.
Mongolian, the typical brown gerbil from India.
because it is the original gerbil color, with no color mutations. it is the easiest gerbil to make.
I've owned many Mongolian gerbils.
An average of 3 - 5 years, but the oldest gerbil on record lived to 7 years!!
Syrian Hamsters will kill and eat a gerbil, do not put them together in the same cage.
Gregory Scott Fraley has written: 'Postnatal development of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus in the Mongolian gerbil' -- subject(s): Development, Gonads, Central nervous system, Neurotrophic functions, Neural receptors, Mongolian gerbil
Washing a gerbil is normally only done when a gerbil is going to be competitivly shown or needs to get wounds washed (only to be done by a vet). Nearly all pet gerbils will never have to be washed. Do not wash your gerbil without advise from your vet.
The scientific name for the most common type of gerbil, the Mongolian, is Meriones Unguiculatus. In Latin it translates to "clawed warrior."
you don't need to if you have another gerbil because they clean each other :)