you can get them a hamster cage or a gerbilarioum, gerbilarioums are usually big and they don't have any bars unlike a hamsters cages.
If you like Gerbils than yes if you don't than no i love them
Yes, gerbils can get a wide variety of diseases like cancer.
Gerbils CAN'T eat cheese they get sick.
There are no specific names for gerbils you can call her whatever you like
No because when we got our gerbils my brother yelled and they started running around like crazy
For the most part, yes, they do. Gerbils, like other animals, have individual personalities, however. Some gerbils will not get along with other gerbils, regardless of gender.
Gerbils will NOT swim they will drown. They are native to the desert and they don't know how to swim.
Hawks, large birds, things like that that eat prarie dogs and gerbils.
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It depends on how calm your gerbil is outside of its home. If he is not calm outside of his home then you probaly shouldn't take him anywhere. Anyway, if he is calm then you should put him in your pocket. If you put him on your shoulder then he will freak out. There are no leshes for gerbils. If there were leashes for gerbils it WOULD KILL them. Gerbils how to get used to where they usually are.
No. Gerbils shouldn't be kept with any other animal species but their own.