yeah, just adopted 2 gerbils from zazi.
a nice person though, in fact is a pretty person.

can i modify my habitrail ovo suite in order to get one gerbil?

I think a 2 ft aquarium is better, more space for them to move around and they can't bite it. Enough to house 1-2 gerbils.

if you wish to DIY habitrail OVO, then be prepare that your habitrail will being chew off by gerbils, cos there got lots of hole and that. since mostly is plastic.
so better use glass tank. more spare to run around play around.

plastic aquarium also they`ll bite ar? ok2~ i`m juz interested in buy one gerbil after my hammy died last 2 weeks...still has the habitrail...i think i want to modify the tunnel between the habitrail and the aquariuM~

wahhh..terror lah you... ya the tunnel look small for gerbil to go through

owh...is it?? ok then~ tq for the info~

ya, plastic aquarium they wont bite, unless you let them reach the cover, then some how they will bite, if not then will be ok.

for habitrail, a bit hard, cos there got lots of edge here and there, so they can easily reach.
just get a plastic tank or glass tank will be better, 2ft will be wise for a pair of gerbils.

if you wan use the tunnel of habitrail to use as gerbils tunnel, make sure the tunnel are straight, don't put too many of corner.
as gerbils has back bone, so this is precaution to prevent the back bone injured...

I am thinking to get some mongolian gerbil...since they are more active than hamster right? =)

and ouh.would they be great for display???(i will do my research and take care of them like any other pet of mine)

the activeness of gerbils compare to hamster is more or less the same.
both is nocturnal animal. so mostly active at night, but then is all based on the characteristic of the animal, some active at night only, some day only, some is active most of the time.

great for display? what exactly is your meaning?
but anyway, gerbils are mammals, so need to pet them and all, so that you can play with them.
if you just leave it there, they will end up being in their world and when u wan to play with them, they will either bite (due to strange, so some other reason), run away, hide, get stress and etc.

most of the info you need is on the 1st page of this thread.
just read and understand it all then you will be ok with it.
if you want to breed them, then you have to read more on breeding, is the whole different story compare you just keep a pair of gerbils.

1st Bold : actually what do i mean display is like putting their cage in my hall room and let my guest(if there is ) see there's a pair of gerbil doing silly thing in their cage.well,they are not just going to be a display,i will love them by giving them treat and such..

2nd bold : well actually,i dont want to get into breeding because once i had done it with hamster..oh dear..what a chaos..they pop out so many and there's inbreeding . i was so young and stupid during that day..so i will just take a pair and maybe vasectomy the male(is that cruel? )

This post has been edited by atok194: Mar 26 2011, 01:41 PM

if that's is what you mean of display, of course is nice to let other see how they do...
gerbils is quite a curiosity animal, so it is fun to see them dig the bedding/hay, chew the hay, run here and there and etc.
so good, but then make sure you play around with them, pet them,
so that later when u wanna play with them, they will be tame, and not bite you.
same goes to your friends, if they wan to play with the gerbils, then gerbils will be ok with them (human).

icic, that's good, cos once breeding then will be a havoc incident.
if you want, you can be like me, keep 1 pair of same gender gerbils,
i used to keep female in one tank, male in another, if some fight, then either do introduction state,
if not keep separately in different tank.
like my 1st pair of gerbils,both female, i always keep them in one tank, nvr mix with others.
you can get different gender pair, make sure they are different line breed. in case wan to breed.
if not then make sure to neutered either one of them, the male or female.

the current pair i had adopted is different gender pair, but one of them is neutered already.

where to find mongolian gerbil? only found the fat tail one...

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Added on March 29, 2011, 12:27 amwhere to find mongolian gerbil? only found the fat tail one...

This post has been edited by fendy87: Mar 29 2011, 12:27 AM

now hard to find... you need to go search quite a number of pet shop...

where u located? if melaka then i know where... lol

currently live in gombak....i prefer to buy from a breeder...not from pet shop....anyone?

breeder is hard to find nowadays. u try search for few post before this, there got one breeder, but then mainly breed for feeder.
so if you ok with inbreeding gene then ask from him.
if not then better find other place or even pet shop.
cos inbreed gene gerbils easy to die, sick n etc...

haiyyyoohhh....so how to find one gerbil nowadays?

I just back from SS Mall..... one of the pet shop there got 2 juvenile mongolian gerbils.

either ask around and look around lo...

SS mall?? SS2 mall or wut?