I've found the maximum for a 10 gallon is three gerbils. I've had good
experience keeping three in a ten gallon, but do increase the floor
space using wire stairs and wire hanging platforms. I've had up to five
in a 20 gallon, and that worked out well.
PS -- I've resisted the petstore rescues so far, but it is hard. There
was one petco were a pretty little pied agouti was trapped in a wheel,
if he got off or even stopped running for too long the nutmeg in the
cage would attack him. So there he was basically running the wheel for
dear life. All of the cages had these wire wheels and two gerbils had
the tails have broken off. You'd think these places would get some
basic education of the animals in their care...
george champlin wrote:
> Today i was a the pet store looking at some 6 week old
> baby gerbils which brings me to my first question. How
> many gerbils can you have in a ten gallon tank and how
> many in a 20 gallon long? Well as my daughter and
> wife was loking at the gerbils i went over to the
> hamsters to look. And there in the dwarf hammys was a
> very odd looking one. At first i noticed his one eye
> looked smaller then the other and his face was kinda
> lopsided. Then i noticed his tail was longer than the
> others and the total shock was i front right paw and
> hand was totally ummm disfigured. I asked one of the
> workers and he said he was born odd and beleive it or
> not he can eat and get around allright but he dosent
> think anyone will buy him. He also thinks that it was
> some kind of birth defect and that he would not live
> long. Well i went home and that hammy kept comming
> into my mind. So there i found myself digging out my
> old 5 gallon tank and i called the store and told them
> that i would be there in the morning to but him. I
> have set down with my six year old daughter to ezplain
> that the hamster need love like all the other ones.
> And that he may not live long and she said dont worry
> daddy we will nurse it to health. She already has a
> name for the hamster and it will be Tripod. So know
> come Fri morning i will own 4 gerbils and two
> hamsters. I might have more gerbils because as most of
> you know i think one of my gerbils Templeton is a she
> and pregant
>
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> GEOCHAMP
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