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Post by man on Dec 14, 2009 4:24:44 GMT -8
Hey all. I would join but i'm not thirteen so if there are alot of questions on the guest board then sorry!  well anyways, last night i had a dream that my dad bought 2 black gerbils and stuck em in the 20gallon long aquarium with out introducing them to my other ones. My dad didn't even know the genders! thankfully the black ones were both male (like my other 2) but that leaves me with the question could you fit 4 gerbils in a 20 gallon long aquarium with no tank topper?(i have lotsa bedding) thanks, man |
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Post by Shooting Star on Dec 14, 2009 6:31:48 GMT -8
A 20-gal is really only suitable for 2-3 gerbils. A group of four should have 25-40 gallons of space. And it would be very difficult to introduce two new gerbils to an established pair.
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Post by man on Dec 14, 2009 13:29:37 GMT -8
also is it possible to do a permanent split aquarium (with a glass or plexieglass devider) and house gerbils in one side but another creature such as hamsters in the other?
oh and thanks for the reply, i had an idea that someone would say all that
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Post by ohmylokix on Dec 14, 2009 18:19:37 GMT -8
I wouldn't ever recommend it. It would stress the other animals out, and it would likely cause issues in your gerbil clans.
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Post by man on Dec 14, 2009 18:22:45 GMT -8
good point!
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Post by man on Dec 16, 2009 17:36:52 GMT -8
ok i have a question about conversion of cm cubed to gallons
i measured this tank of my friends, and it is 45 x 30 x 25 = 33 750 cm cubed
i was wondering, how many gallons is this
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Post by sstar on Dec 17, 2009 10:27:22 GMT -8
That's just under 9 gallons (US). Barely enough for a single gerbil. This is a good site for conversions: www.onlineconversion.com/(cubic cm and gallons would be under volume) |
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Post by man on Dec 17, 2009 12:40:46 GMT -8
yeah it didn't look very big, i looked less than half the size of my 20 gallon well thanks another question (yeah i just keep on firing them)  has any one ever cross breeded gerbils with mice, rats, hamsters, jirds etc. ever before? thanks!! |
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Post by ohmylokix on Dec 17, 2009 13:29:24 GMT -8
It's not possible. Their chromosomes are different, I believe. I may be wrong, but there are no successful crossbreeds with Mongolian Gerbils. Other species of gerbils, such as Cheesmans, can be crossbred, I believe.
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Post by sstar on Dec 17, 2009 13:35:04 GMT -8
It is not possible to produce live young by crossing a gerbil and a mouse/rat/hamster. Jirds are close enough that it might be possible with one of the smaller species, but I don't know of any recorded cases. I know that Pallids and Cheesemans (both genus Gerbillus) will produce hybrids, and so will Shaw's Jirds and Libyan Jirds (both genus Meriones), though there are some fertility issues with the F1 Shaws x Libyan hybrids. A "dwarf" Shaw's Jird was kept with a Mongolian Jird (gerbil), but they never bred.
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Post by man on Dec 17, 2009 14:20:32 GMT -8
ok thanks that really makes sense now that i think of it
have gerbils and hamster or gerbils and other rodents been kept together and been okay/were good together?
thanks again
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Post by ohmylokix on Dec 17, 2009 15:34:27 GMT -8
Other than SStar's example of jirds and gerbils, I don't think anyone has successfully kept gerbils and other species together. However, in rare instances, gerbils can raise the young of other species. The young should be taken out from the gerbil as soon as possible.
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Post by man on Dec 17, 2009 17:39:54 GMT -8
so if my hamster had babies but she died, i could get a female gerbil who is nursing or had young, to take care of them? and she wouldn't eat them?
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Post by ohmylokix on Dec 17, 2009 18:20:29 GMT -8
If the litters are roughly the same age, then it's possible. It's not terribly likely that she'd eat them, but still possible.
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Post by man on Dec 17, 2009 18:40:47 GMT -8
would a gerbil take on some baby hamsters with her youns also? like if there were birth dificulties and some of the hamsters dieed and so did the mom could the others be put into the gerbil nest with the gerbil babys and be raised?
has any oen tried it?
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well anyways, last night i had a dream that my dad bought 2 black gerbils and stuck em in the 20gallon long aquarium with out introducing them to my other ones. My dad didn't even know the genders! thankfully the black ones were both male (like my other 2) but that leaves me with the question could you fit 4 gerbils in a 20 gallon long aquarium with no tank topper?(i have lotsa bedding) 
