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Post by daisy on Jun 25, 2015 9:54:54 GMT -8
I wish I knew how old my gerbils are. I got them about a year ago and they weren't little babies. Is there any way to tell? Also, how long do they generally live?
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Post by betty on Jun 25, 2015 10:28:42 GMT -8
One they reach adult size, there isn't really an easy way to tell their age that I know of.
Gerbils can live anywhere from 2-3 on average, but sometimes younger, and sometimes older.
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Post by daisy on Jun 25, 2015 15:12:09 GMT -8
I feel sure that there were at least 6 months when I got them, which makes them at least 1.5 years old. They are pretty active, appear healthy, although they look slightly slimmer, but they haven't lost any weight since I started weighing them.
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Post by betty on Jun 25, 2015 23:45:02 GMT -8
I wish the same for my Pumpkin right now. He's one of my favourites, but is starting to slow down now.
I wish he wasn't 3...
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Post by daisy on Jun 27, 2015 10:43:56 GMT -8
What a beautiful gerbil! His coloring is fantastic.
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Post by betty on Jun 27, 2015 12:05:26 GMT -8
He's a Red Eyed Honey, and he has always been gorgeous...
He has faded a bit now and his coat doesn't have a sheen on it anymore.
Boo.
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Post by qtoffer on Jun 28, 2015 19:21:51 GMT -8
My current pair are 3 years, 8 months. It's sad when they start slowing down. My Goldberry appears to have arthritis. She has good and bad days. On her bad days, I can see that she's stiff and having trouble navigating the cage topper levels, but she does. I have her food and water on the lowest level.
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Eowyn (F) 11/12/2011 - 20 gallon with 20 gallon topper
Goldberry (F) 11/12/2011 - 20 gallon with 20 gallon topper
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RIP
Maire 11/6/2008 - 4/6/2011; Eithne 11/6/2008 - 10/10/2011
Lori 5/2/2011 - 7/24/2013; Mo 5/2/2011 - 1/14/2014; Carly 5/2/2011 - 5/21/2014
Arwen 11/12/2011 - 2/8/2015
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Post by leafwhisp on Jul 2, 2015 12:10:36 GMT -8
I wasn't sure of the age of my gerbils either. The workers told me they were around 3 months. They were noticeably smaller than they are now, but not really tiny or anything. They were the smallest gerbils I have ever seen (aside from pics) though. What age do gerbils stop growing? They kept on growing a few months after I got them.
They are 11 months old going by that they were 3 months when I got them.
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Post by betty on Jul 3, 2015 7:35:06 GMT -8
Yeah, by 6 months they are definitely done growing - but some of the females stay quite neat and slim for the most of their lives from about 4/5 months (and have a further widening at around 2 years).
However, some males just keep on growing wider and wider!
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Post by leafwhisp on Jul 3, 2015 10:28:29 GMT -8
Hm my gerbil Bolt has mostly stayed the size of most female. He seems still to be growing wider though, but he is smaller than the other 2, the size of my gerbil Alice
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Post by rhianna on Jul 3, 2015 11:05:11 GMT -8
My first trio were babies when I got them. Around 11 weeks old is what the employee told me. Alvin and Theodore stopped growing around the same time (maybe 5-6 months old, I don't really remember) but Simon grew bigger and bigger for a while after that. He was about twice the size of the others when he stopped growing. I think it just depends on the gerbil. He's the only one who's still alive at almost 4 years old. Gerbils usually live anywhere from 2-4 years but it's not all that uncommon for a gerbil to die at age 5. It's a pretty wide range for gerbils compared to something like hamsters, which usually live a promised 1.5 years. I have lost two gerbils at under 2 years old, one at 3 years, and one still going strong at almost 4. Just keep taking great care of them and hopefully they'll live long lives.
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