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How do you look after a gerbil?

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#1: Clean it's cage(change bedding and so on) every week.

#2: Buy a wheel and chewy things for them.

#3: Give them cardboard to chew. (prefferably no ink, but I give my gerbils cardboard tissue boxes all the time and nothing happens)

#4: Try to get more than one, but make sure they are realated, or they were already living together when you first got them.

#5: Females are less known to fight amongst themselves, but males are alright too.

#6: Make sure they have lots of stimulation.

#7: Obviously, give them food. Do not give them treats regularly.

#8: It's alright to bury their food if you want, some owners do this to give them extra stimulation.

#9: Put some tissue paper in their cage, because they like to use it tot build nests.

#10: Oh, and don't forget water...put it in any rodent water bottle. You could put it in a dish, but it spills and some gerbils don't understand the concept.

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