1 gerbil left at the pet shop

[petstbbd]

So, several weeks ago I got 2 gerbils.  There were 4 at the pet shop but I didn't want 4 as I've read it can cause declanning.

The guy in the pet shop said someone else was coming in for gerbils and to get our 2 quickly before they went.

A few weeks went by and the other 2 gerbils were still in the pet shop.  I've been feeling really guilty that I left them behind to exist in a tiny pet shop cage.

Fast forward to today . . . I went to the pet shop to buy some bits and only 1 gerbil is left, I feel so sad for it, no-one wants it and WHY was the pet shop allowed to sell only 1?

Part of me wants to go and bring it home but I wouldn't put it in the same tank as my other 2 and I really don't have any more room for another tank because I have a hamster too.

What would you do?

[betty]

What did you end up doing?

A single gerbil in a caring home is much better than a single gerbil in the store set ups of course, but if you don't have room right now then that is only something you can decide.

homing it in a smaller than usual enclosure at yours will still be larger than the one at the store I'd imagine - so there is that at least, but I know what it is like to be overcrowded with pets - even short term.

Not an easy one to answer for sure...