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Gerbil Power! Trivia Quiz

Gerbil Power! The ultimate gerbil trivia! Just bought some gerbils? Want to know more about them? Try this quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by Doggys_Woggyz. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Doggys_Woggyz

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
199,725

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1038

This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. Albino gerbils are white with red eyes.

True

False

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2. Do gerbils need to drink a lot of water in the wild?

Yes

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3. Which of these should you never feed your gerbils? Hint

Salted Peanuts

Sunflower Seeds

Cucumber

Banana

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4. Which one of these facts apply to gerbils but not to rats, mice, or hamsters? Hint

They have long tails.

They will often try to escape.

They can eat cucumber.

Their tails come off if you pull them.

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5. If you are getting a wheel for your gerbils, which kind is best? Hint

A metal mesh wheel.

A metal wheel with spaces.

A plastic wheel with spaces.

A metal wheel with no spaces.

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6. Does an average gerbil live longer than an average hamster?

Yes

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7. Why should you not put your gerbil into a cage with a hamster in it? Hint

All of these.

The hamster would attack the gerbil.

The gerbil would attack the hamster.

There could be a item unsuitable for gerbils in the hamster's cage.

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8. A male gerbil is much more aggressive than a female.

True

False

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9. What should you give to your gerbils to bathe in? Hint

Wood Shavings

Gerbils don't need to bathe.

Water

Sand

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10. Which of these is not a suitable bedding for the whole of your gerbil's cage? Hint

Hay

Woodchips

Wood Shavings

Sand

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Albino gerbils are white with red eyes.

Answer: True

'Albino' is actually the name of a disease, and most mammals (including humans) can have it. Albino rodents also have red eyes.

2. Do gerbils need to drink a lot of water in the wild?

Answer: No

Gerbils, when they are wild in the desert, get most of the liquid they need from the food they store in their cheek pouches.

3. Which of these should you never feed your gerbils?

Answer: Salted Peanuts

Gerbils cannot digest salt and therefore cannot eat anything salted.

4. Which one of these facts apply to gerbils but not to rats, mice, or hamsters?

Answer: Their tails come off if you pull them.

This is for defence. Never pick a gerbil up by its tail.

5. If you are getting a wheel for your gerbils, which kind is best?

Answer: A metal mesh wheel.

If you get them a wheel with spaces, their tail could get caught in a space and would come off. A solid metal wheel could be too heavy. Gerbils chew plastic.

6. Does an average gerbil live longer than an average hamster?

Answer: Yes

An average gerbil lives for about three to four years. Hamsters only live for about two and a half.

7. Why should you not put your gerbil into a cage with a hamster in it?

Answer: All of these.

Hamsters are quite unsociable. Even though gerbils are sociable animals, they want the right company. The two animals would attack each other. There may also be an item like a wheel with spaces or unsuitable bedding.

8. A male gerbil is much more aggressive than a female.

Answer: False

Female gerbils are much more agressive and more likely to escape.

9. What should you give to your gerbils to bathe in?

Answer: Sand

Gerbils use sand to keep their fur clean. If you give them a tub with sand in it, they will roll in it to keep clean.

10. Which of these is not a suitable bedding for the whole of your gerbil's cage?

Answer: Sand

Gerbils can get buried in hay, wood shavings or woodchips because the oxygen can get through, but if they get buried in sand the oxygen cannot get through and they will suffocate.

Source: Author Doggys_Woggyz

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