Small, soft, gentle and friendly, a gerbil makes a good pet for a family. Gerbils require little space and food, most household gerbils sleep at night and they can be held if the handler is careful.

Gerbils are small, energetic rodents that can make delightful companions. They’re curious, playful, and often cleaner than other small pets. But, like any animal, they have specific needs that future ...

Show me a gerbil, any gerbil, and I will show you a homicidal rodent with an unquenchable thirst for blood, human or otherwise. I learned this valuable life lesson early on when Julie the Gerbil, the ...

Hello, and welcome to another edition of WMUR’s Adopt This Pet! The Animal Rescue League of NH in Bedford has many cats, dogs, and rabbits looking for their forever home, but this time the shelter ...

Gerbils Tiramisu and Pandoro ignored the tiny signs and immediately started chewing the art upon entering the gallery What do two art lovers with two gerbil pets do with hours to spare while in novel ...

This is the moment a Viking-style river cremation was given to a pet gerbil. The beloved rodent called Nibbles had a funeral fitting of a Norse warrior. The gerbil passed away and his body was placed ...

You will never look at your pet gerbil the same way again. — -- Historians have long blamed rats for spreading the plague in Europe nicknamed the "Black Death" in the 14th century, but new ...

It was a warm Friday afternoon in Barnegat. Earlier that day, it had rained and the temperature had reached as high as 90 degrees. An animal control officer from Popcorn Park Animal Refuge happened to ...

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Small, soft, gentle and friendly, a gerbil makes a good pet for a family. Gerbils require little space and food, most household gerbils sleep at night and they can be held if the handler is careful.