How Tame Gerbils Can Be

These are my gerbils Marco and Polo demonstrating how tame and friendly gerbils can be. :)

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• rodents
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• Marco
• Polo
• friendly
• tame

[michaelcooper94]

hey man, how did you get them so tame!, i have 2 two month old albino gerbils and they are very active

[twinsqueaks]

@michaelcooper94 They were naturally very tame. It's one of the reasons I adopted them. They came from a tame line of gerbils, and the breeder did an excellent job socializing them, too.

BTW, they are that tame in their tank and during free runs, too... But I filmed them on the little shelf, because it made it easier to set up a tripod and record them since I didn't have anyone to help with the camera. :)

[fanofajstyles1234]

its just becoz there boby just now wait for another couple of weeks good luck with your gerbils :)

[twinsqueaks]

@fanofajstyles1234 They're almost two years old now and still just as tame as when I shot that video a year and a half ago. Marco and Polo are fantastically sweet gerbils. :)

[thefuturestars1]

how easy is it for a gerbil to escape cuz i might get 1 but i have cats and im scared one day when im out it will escape and it will run into the cats. so how easy is it for them to escape??? they seem clever animals!!

[twinsqueaks]

@thefuturestars1 Make sure that you put them in the right type of housing. Gerbils are very good at escaping from the habitat-style plastic homes with tubes. Mostly because they can chew through almost anything. I keep my gerbils in glass tanks with mesh wire lids (available in the reptile aisle of the pet store), and I use lid clamps to hold the lids on. I haven't had an escape even once in seven years... But friends who have kept their gerbils in plastic homes had constant escapes.

[Thedwarfgourami]

wow :o

[HayleyS92]

my gerbils arn't as tame as that but they still very tame at the same time. mine like sitting on my shoulders while i walk around my bedroom

[koldaru]

Aw, Marco and Polo~

[binweevilssassysis1]

Awhhhhhh  their so CUTE!

[elouephaley]

Im so jealous. My gerbil doesnt do this yet i am always holding her and she she is rarely in her cage except at night.

[FuzzyHappyLemons]

...nothing happened.

[WrongCrazyBliss]

My gerbil is a month old, breeder, and i got him on friday... he does the exact same thing! He loves to climb all the way up my arm! But his brother doesnt:P i need to tame him.

[laneyisterrifical]

I'm planning to get to male gerbils this month, and I hope I can train mine to be that tame. What do you think of these names... Milo and Percy. : ) I like them a lot!

[DeliaSummerIan]

my gerbils ate all of their cages ... they escaped at night. They even escaped the store!!! The also bit the shit out of me. They were crazy active. They were black :)

[bosundave121]

Having gerbils come from a good breeder is part of tamness, but the ultimate best results come from spending lots of time with them. Break up the sessions so they dont become over stressed. All my gerbils end up becoming simply amazingly tame. So much fun! I do love them.

[BalletBecca]

Wow. Very tame gerbils. I have an adult pair who are almost as tame.

[SketchNick]

wow... your gerbils are so sweet and friendly :)

I wish mine would do that :P