- Gerbils are social, athletic, active, curious, bold, and extremely
cute little rodents.
- Gerbils are desert creatures that live in social units called "clans".
- Gerbils live in burrows and tunnels to keep safe from natural predators
- birds.
- Gerbils produce hard pellet type feces and small amounts of urine.
- Gerbils do not need water baths but LOVE sand baths.
- Gerbils alternate between wake and sleep patterns of 2-4 hours.
- Gerbils will mate and may become pregnant the same day they give
birth.
- At birth, pups are hairless, bright pink, blind, and deaf.
- They must drink milk from their mother for several weeks. After only
a few days the pups start to grow fur which grows fast and is soon easily
visible. In a week or two they have a full coat of fur (which will be
their fur color for life).
- Gerbils are rodents (rodentia), they need to chew on things to keep
their ever-growing teeth worn down.
- They look much like a fat, curious mouse. One obvious difference is
the tail.
- Gerbils have furry, long, and stif tails.
- Gerbils eat a variety of foods including seeds, stalks of plants,
tubers, roots, and flowers.
- One of the interesting fact is their late discovery. Gerbils were
not even discovered until the mid 1950's.
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