GERBILS
We nagged my Mum for ages, and she finally bought us two male gerbils. We had a little house in their cage, and all was well.

Until one of them fell pregnant.

It gave birth to a litter of seven, crammed them all into the tiny house, crushed them to death, and then ate them.

That was nice.
(V3lvetPresley, Fri 1 Feb 2013, 20:14, 2 replies)

We took in 3 'male' Gerbils from a friend. They also turned into 10 Gerbils! We had them in an old fish tank half full of damp compost. Was great watching them dig tunnels etc.

I did make a mistake of attaching the large water bottle to the side of the tank with tape though. One of them chewed through it and it fell on him. We found a slightly U-shaped, very dead Gerbil the next morning.
(el perro grande, Fri 1 Feb 2013, 22:51, closed)

had hetrogerbil couple too.
once every few months when the next wave of little ones grew old enough i would take 'em to nearby field and release into the wild.

it went on like that for over a year, maybe more. sometimes i would imagine a small gerbil colony living there, waiting for more newcomers..

had mice too (same story). and a rat. in the end they all died 'cos i sucked at being responsible :(
(spiderboy, Sat 2 Feb 2013, 22:25, closed)