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Take it out of the cage ASAP and bury it in a box.
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YES! it would be creepy not to; just having a dead gerbil sitting there. YUK!
about 15cm with a circumference of 7.3 mm
No. I would have been the first to know.
You forgot to take the gerbil out of your butt before you went to sleep.
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.
Good. To test a gerbil's hearing, clap. If they are stunned or realize it in some way, they aren't deaf. Okay, that's just mean, I would never clap to test a gerbil's hearing, you could give it a heart attack, god MEANIE BUTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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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.
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