gerbil died, other one lonely

[Mieke]

I had 2 gerbils since recently, one of them died an actually not so fun death, but my problem is that the other one is now left alone and I'm afraid he will die of lonesomeness. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do to prevent her from dying? She is about 3 years old.

Thanx

[doomgerbiluk]

thats very hard
My inclination, especially with a lass, is give her loads of attention and stimulation. At 3 she is unlikely to accept another gerbil and the stress of a long split intro would not be good for her.

[meganb52]

I agree with doom. jus make sure you play with your other gerbil and she shouldn't be lonely.

-Megan

[pam]

I also had two adorable girbles, Bart and Simpson.
They came with the house that I rented. Unfortunately Simpson died and I was very worried about Bart.
We got Bart a girlfriend and bred them,
We kept one of the males to be with Bart and kept one of the females to with the new one Zoey ,
They live happily in seperate houses .
Of course now we have 4 additions instead of 2 originals but we love them very much.
The rest of the litter went to the pet store near us and have all been adopted.

Pam Dunlop

[kollur]

Sorry for your loss, it's a heart thing to lose a loved friend pass away. I haven't had to see either of my gerbils pass away, but years ago the family cat died and I can still remember how sad and angry I felt then.

I agree, it might be hard to introduce a new gerbil. I have no idea of whether you're a working person or not, but if possible spend as much time as you can with your friend.

You could of course try to introduce a new gerbil, but you would have to do it expecting it might fail and that you'd have to keep them seperate.

Hope it works out.