3-5 years
Nope
2-5 years once there was a report on a 8 year old gerbils
No.
no
10 week old gerbil
A baby Gerbil
Naturally, they live in the desert
They live in the desert.
Gerbils can (and should) live with a gerbil friend or two of the same sex--that's it. No other animal is safe to live with a gerbil in the same cage or tank.
Maybe it depends on te gerbil. Some will be so sad they stop eating. This can be very bad. Try to keep your gerbil busy through the hard time. If its an older gerbil it might be better to let your gerbil live alone for the rest of its life. I f you get it a new friend it might be mad. But then you would have to go through the same thing all over again. It wouldn't be good.
3-5 years
An average of 3 - 5 years, but the oldest gerbil on record lived to 7 years!!