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I have 3 gerbils.
It's quite a lot of entertainment for such a low maintenance pet and if I'm staying away from home for few days I just need to make sure their bowl is filled with food and I put few extra water bottles and they'll be just fine. Downside is that they only live 2 to 3 years but then again you then get to choose wether to get new ones or something else. Something like a cat or dog is a much longer commitement.
Gerbils are surprisingly social animals and super curious about everything. I love when I'm doing stuff and notice one of them just observing me thru the glass and clearly thinking hard in her little head about what's going on.
A protip for anyone thinking about getting gerbils: get three. It's highly probable one is going to die much sooner than the others and they get depressed when alone. Introducing new gerbils to adult one can be difficult so by having three there's a greater chance the last two are going to live about equally long.