A quick question about introducing gerbils?

[Kisetsu Shirosenshi]

I have two older male gerbils, and I just got two 6 week old male gerbils. I wasn't going to put them all together, but my older one seemed interested in getting to know the younger ones so I put them a separated cage and watched to see what would happen.

My older ones were going up and sniffing and even grooming the face of the younger ones withen minutes, which I thought was a bit strange because usually my older boys are very protective of their territory.

After a half hour which I know you're suppose to keep them in the separated cage for at least a month) I decided to take the separator out.

Nothing bad happened, they sniffed each other and the older ones groomed the little ones, but there is one slight problem, one of the younger ones wont stop squeaking. When a gerbil squeaks it's usually a scared thing right? But they're not aggressive with each other at all...

Why is he squeaking? Should I separate them and wait for the younger ones to get a bit older?

 

[horselover]

check the squeaking one to see if he has like a little cut or something. take him out of the cage to see if he calms down. if he seems better outside the cage, its probably because hes stressed out. it can be hard sometimes for rodents to be introduced, especially because he could already have been stressed out by the move from the store. if he seems happier out side of the cage, keep him out for a while, and after half an hour to an hour, try putting him back in with the other 3. hope hes ok!

just making sure, you know how to sex gerbils, right? sometimes pet stores make mistakes, just double check that the squeaker is male, not female. good luck!

 

[Tommy Gourley]

well i would separate the one that is squeaking the older one could hurt the other one or worse i dont want to say it cause it might make you sad but good luck hope i helped