Gerbils are one of the few rodents that are awake during the day and sleep at night. Squirt's home is a nice big cage that she shares with her friend "Maggie." There are many fun things for Squirt to do in her cage, like run on her wheel, climb the little stairs to a top shelf, run through a tunnel to another play area and curl up in her timothy hay nest. Her favorite activity is running on the wheel!

Squirt has a friendly personality and I take her out of her cage for 10 - 15 minutes every day to pet and hold her. I make sure that Squirt is awake first, so I don't scare her and I am very careful to handle Squirt very gently, because she is so small.

I feed Squirt special gerbil food, puffed wheat, dried bananas, unsalted peanuts, unsalted sunflower seeds, dried kidney beans, dried lima beans, dried lentils, dried black-eyed peas and alfalfa hay (because she is so loved!). I clean and fill her water and food dish once a day. I also clean her cage at least two times a week. Even though gerbils are small pets, they still need a lot of care.

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