> Hi Hila B.
> Welcome!
>
> On your housing question, go to this web site:
> http://www.netxp.com/rick/gerbils/frameset.html
> and click on the great deals. At pets.com cage accessories you can get
> a tough top ten gallon tank cover ($7) and clips (1.29) -- right now
> they are having a special, $10 off if you spend $20. 10 gallon tank
> will house 2-3 gerbils fine.
>
> You can get a 10 gallon fish tank in a local pet store for $10.
>
> On your question about adding a female:
> Gerbils are a bit tricky as to combinations and number of male/females
> that get along. In a nut shell here are you choices:
> 2 or more males raised together from a young age
> 1 male and 1 female
> 1 female and 1 female
> or a family of parents and pre-adult pups (gerbil youths/babies are
> called pups).
> More details can be found at this site:
> http://www.nanetworks.net/~mhaines/gerbil.html
> and this one:
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9792/care.html
>
> I'd recommend that you keep your boys together and set up a second tank
> for breeding.
>
> Good luck to you,
> Donna A.
>
> gerbils4 wrote:
>
> > hello list members ,I am new to this list and I have two questions -
> > (kind of newbie questions)I have two male gerbils that lives in a
> > cageand I want to bring a female in , I was wondering if the males
> > will fight over the femaleand if so , what can I do ?the second
> > question - as I said I have a cage now ,but it is small , I want to
> > use a large fish tankfish tanks don't come with tops (fish usually
> > don't jump out but gerbils does ..)any one have idea how to prevent
> > the gerbils to get out ? thank you ,hila b.
