Gerbils
Pet gerbils, like cats, are very inquisitive and playful. Like true pets at home, gerbils can easily shoulder the responsibility of lifting your spirits up, whenever you or your child is feeling low.
You can have gerbils as pets because they are quiet creatures and are small in size, a fact which sometimes matters most. A typical adult gerbil is between six and twelve inches long and having a tail that is approximately, half of its body length. The great gerbil (Turkmenistan), however, can grow more than 16 inches long in length.
They are industrious and can tear and chew, waste paper into small bits. By letting these chewed paper bits to accumulate into a heap of 4-6 inches high, you can allow your pet gerbils to tunnel it and make their own playground.
As they are desert rodents, gerbils consume little water and produce minimal waste. So, it restricts you to remove wastes from their cage or den, only once in a fortnight. This fact can have a strong bearing on your decision of keeping gerbils as pets.
Normally, gerbils don’t bite, unless provoked and it is easy to train a baby gerbil in getting rid of the habit. An additional fact that can help you in deciding upon gerbils as pets for children is that they don’t smell like other rodents.
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