What is a better pet a hamster or gerbil?

GERBILS! Hamsters will bite more often, hamsters are very solitary, can get scared more easily, are nocturnal, and just sleep in their nests all day. Gerbils are probably better for a few reasons:

1. are social and love to be handled and held, and will not bite, and better with kids

2. are diurnal, which means that they will be running around and playing with you during the day, unlike hamsters, who you will have to wait until 9:00 PM to play with them because hamsters are nocturnal

3. they are much funner to watch: they are interesting when eating, playing, socializing, and burrowing (they are more of wild animals that you can obserb)

4. they do not smell; hamsters, unlike gerbils, will start giving off odors by only the second day you have it most often

5. they hop, and are very active and playful, like a kangaroo

6. most gerbils have a long tail, which makes them special, hamsters have almost or no tails at all, making gerbils more interesting to look at

7. they eat more stuff then hamsters; gerbils will eat cereal, vegetables, nuts, seeds, berries, bark, and much much more

8. they come in so many colors! You can choose from over 100 patterns and colors, from browns, blacks, whites, grays, coppers, golds, yellows, lavenders, chocolates, fawns, agoutis, and so many more! Can come in solids, bicolors, tricolors, and wild-like agouti.





I would say a hamster. They tend to be a bit slower than gerbils. They also are easier to maintain, most of the time friendlier. They also can be kept in smaller place and fluffier and look less like rats.