Sad to say mine has just died but if you leave it a while and it makes no movement pick it up and look at its eyes as they will be closed if it is dead and will not be able to be opened by force ; i have never heard of a gerbil playing deead before, I hope this helped.
YES! it would be creepy not to; just having a dead gerbil sitting there. YUK!
Buy a cat...
feed it. But seriously, if the gerbil refuses to eat, perhaps try different gerbil-firendly foods. And if all else fails, see a vet. If the gerbil will not eat, you may want to see a veterinarian. The gerbil might have a tooth that is bothering him.
well, usually if you pick the gerbil up, you can feel in its stomach things that feel like small potatoes. the gerbil will obviously be larger.
It is likely your gerbil died of natural causes and the other one was just disposing of its body. It is not very nice to think on but makes a lot of sense in the wild as a dead body would just attract predators.
Take it out of the cage ASAP and bury it in a box.
A gerbil is full grown by 6 months old and measures 7-8 inches including the tail.
its a gerbil and just so you know gerbil does not start with a b
Yes. Because when one in nature dies it attracts pradators.So they eat the dead one so the predators dont eat them all. When a gerbil dies just take it out of the cage and bury it or throw the gerbil away in a bag.
if it starts gaining super powers
I have experienced the death of one sister gerbil in the case of two sister's/cage mates. Believe it or not the living gerbil will actually burie the other and continue on living as if she's not there. Unless the gerbils are starving they wont eat the dead cage mate.
I know from cats and dogs that tapeworms come from eating a flea. Tapeworms are visible, you will see them in the feces or rectal area. When alive, they look like small white rice pieces, when dead they look like sesame seeds.