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Originally Posted by Eastern Girl
I had two gerbils when I was little, they were in the same cage. One died, and the other began eating it. Can't quite look at the little buggers the same way anymore..
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I thought this general thing was well known regarding hamsters, gerbils, etc. I'm not sure where, but we always grew up with the "don't have them in the same change" or the "if they give birth, get the babies out of there quickly or they will get eaten". Kind of weird to say the least.
That said, I had a hamster or 2 growing up and they were great. When I was a wee little lad I had a gineau pig. We got it midlife from our kindergarten. Man that thing was great. My mom said it would be pretty quiet during the day, chirp a bit....but as soon as we (kids) got home it would start chirping like crazy and get excited in its cage etc. We also would let it out to run around the house a bit; it would run and let us chase it but I don't ever remember it getting away/being too hard to catch. Hortense the gineau pig, what a great pet...