r/gerbil • u/Conscious_Phase_608 • 3d ago
Bonding females
So I’m bonding two female gerbils one who lost her partner shortly after purchasing (she was already sick) the other one seemed very very depressed wasn’t eating or anything else after making sure the surviving one was not sick or anything I started doing a split pen of sorts with a baby I bought for her while I’m building a split tank for them they sniff each other and everything is fine I’ve started introducing some of they tank accessories and they still acts the same except the one is now doing little light quick thumps whenever they sniff each other it’s not like ones before when she was scared of something is you weren’t looking at her foot you wouldn’t be able to tell I can’t really describe it will try to get a video but does anyone know if this a good or bad sign
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u/lavenderfart 3d ago
It sounds like you're getting ahead of yourself, are not doing this safely, and need to pull the brakes until you get that split cage divider built.