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My oldest Gerbil died yesterday?
I miss him, he was so cool, he loved to be held and loved to run in his wheel.
Do you think it was right of me to take out his friend a week before?
He was loosing weight and not eating well and wasn't running in his wheel, So I thought that maybe the younger gerbil wasn't letting him eat. So I took his friend out and he did alright but he still didn't eat, just dug in his food and back to his tube he went.
Well I know why he died. If your wondering I figure it was of old age, I got him 5 years ago and he was an adult then so i really don't know how old he was when I got him. But he was so cool. He was a Burmies color, He was one of my best breeding gerbils too :( But loved attention. He would greet me everytime i went in his cage.
I know he had a great life here. I will miss my little Cocoa.
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- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
Gerbils are between 10 weeks to 3 months when you get them from a pet store. The live for 2-4 years commonly. When they get old they stoop eating as much and get grumpy. I think he was just really old. Taking the younger one out of the cage had nothing to do with it. It was probably a good thing you took the younger one out so it didn't have to see the older one die. I hope your younger gerbil has a healthy life.