The time I ended up with 20 gerbils | Story time

[@ellipse8753]

20 is crazy, I’ve currently got two and they’re big enough of a handful 😅

[@ellierichardson1616]

Exactly THEY COVER EVERYTHING IN BEDDING

[@ellipse8753]

Ellie Richardson so true !! mine have also eaten through every chew toy within a day of getting it 😂

[@shfhjdhdudyevrv]

Ellipse SAME I have 4, well currently three because one is getting treated for a sickness. But they are hilarious

[@emmamurton4919]

I agree I have 2 they chew through everything and make a terrible mess but they are so entertaining and I love them sooo much

[@Andy_1777]

Yes lmaooo

[@sparx9565]

My mum told me her friends ran a pet shop and kept all the male and female gerbils together so of course they had a whole bunch of babies and instead of separating them or trying to sell/adopt them out they took them to a park in GLASGOW and just released the poor things. They were domesticated and likely all died after days or were killed by nasty people in Glasgow. My mum found the story funny but it made me feel sick:( thinking about those poor babies. I do have 3 hamsters and 2 are from pet shops about a year ago but I will never buy from a pet shop again i find it difficult to even walk in and buy pet stuff without ending up in tears looking at the poor animals in there. They were selling my boy who is very obviously a winter white or a mixed breed as a russian dwarf.

[@inversija999]

I remember reading about something similar in a local newspaper a few years back. It was horrible. If I recall correctly, the article said a big group of gerbils has been caught and placed in an animal rescue centre but I think some of the gerbils died before the group was found. Wonder if it was the same people you mentioned

[@sparx9565]

inversija999 If it was it at least makes me hopeful that a few survived. Its such a wicked thing to do especially as when you open a pet shop its usually because you ‘care’ about animals (even though some develop into hate)

[@littlestars7537]

It annoys me so much that pet shops label hybrid dwarf hamsters ( Russian Campbell and winter white interbred ) and they name them as Russian dwarfs or winter whites because hybrids have complicated health problems

[@sparx9565]

Happy Hamster Paws i know we fully thought he was a russian dwarf until he went bright white! Poor things, thats why you never trust pet shops for animal care because unfortunately they just dont care

[@TheSqueakyFam]

This is so sad! Gerbils are not able to get wet as they will get hypothermia and they are not equipped to survive the UK climate. Moreover, if they did survive, they could seriously damage the native eco systems. This comment has really really stressed me out (not commenters fault, I just can't believe it happened) 😞

[@sugerwillowsmores5345]

Either have 20 gerbils over a period of many years orrrrrr have them all at once!

[@Plonsho]

Who else clicked as soon as possible ? 👇🏻

[@gwensedgwick2385]

I did, this was on my recommended

[@suniyahsimpson8867]

Same

[@pacoe79]

me

[@banina1836]

who else liked this comment despite being very late

[@dragonquestV]

When I still had rats someone dumped an unwanted rat on my bf and I, she was young and super friendly but a bit underweight, and my bf and I were trying to figure out what to do as we only had boy rats and couldnt put them together but couldnt leave her alone, anyway about a week or so later we suddenly hear tiny squeaks coming from her cage... turns out she was pregnant and had 7 babies! It was an emotional rollercoaster from shock and horror to excitement to stress and anxiety. It was a very interesting time, I wish we could have kept them all but our living situation didn't allow it :( We did keep one of the babies who grew to be the biggest rat I've ever seen and lived to about 2 and a half and unfortunately the mum passed away shortly after a surgery due to an unknown lung disease. Definitely a super weird situation that I dont regret but do not want to happen again.

[@riwkahverhoogt]

I just got 3 rats today! I love them so much already! My cage is very similar to yours :)

[@riwkahverhoogt]

Their names are Saturn Mercury and Neptune btw ❤️

[@unikitty3332]

@@riwkahverhoogt those are cute names! Good luck!

[@mia-ip8et]

Riwkah's Animals so exciting!!! Are they boys or girls? Cute names btw

[@pigeon__admirer]

Be prepared for vet bills 😆

[@riwkahverhoogt]

@@unikitty3332 thank you!

[@nzpaws]

I struggled with just 2 (very destructive) gerbils, I can't imagine having 20! When I was 11 I didn't even have access to the internet and went off what the pet store guides said (this was for my first hamster)

[@Vic.Toria.]

I'm a *responsible and reputable* gerbil breeder [Royal Wings Gerbils] and I currently have around 48 gerbils at the moment (including singletons, breeding pairs and pups) in my kennel, your story is honestly something I hear almost constantly and it sucks that it happens all too often. I can imagine it would be a huge fun surprise for you as a kid lol the photo you show looks like it was about a week and a half old when you found them at so around 11 days would be correct! I'm really glad you shared this story and have all this documented its a great story with the right information in it. They certainly can be overwhelming when this happens and its too bad its not an experience that ends up going well 99% of the time, even now the information isnt given out very well (thanks mainly to petstores). I really do hope you own gerbils again one day without the crazy 'oops' litters as they really are so incredible when correctly bred and raised

[@SpoiledRats]

is it true male gerbils dont have nipples and is a way to sex them

[@rue6173]

Aw I was 11 when I got my first pair, sadly I didn’t provide them with the best care either but at least I didn’t end up with 20 haha!

[@unikitty3332]

20!? Wow that is A LOT

[@jakewylerlvr]

Can we please just appreciate how ADORABLE 11 year old Emi is 😍😂

[@mike64ls65]

My two year old mouse died from old age today and I’m really sad he was an awesome friend I miss him a lot

[@little.animals]

Same my mouse not yet one had a stroke and she is likely going die today

[@mike64ls65]

little animals aw I’m sorry

[@chloe3348]

I’ve been waiting for this video for ages😍 me and my partner will be moving out after lockdown and we are getting gerbils asap! Then rats in the future, but gerbils first! Love them so much 😍

[@murphdawgswizzle]

baby emi is so precious🥺 you seemed so excited!

[@tiffany-ef6gm]

Ah omg I'm early, your videos are amazing btw! I'm getting my first pair of male rat babies in the beginning of may hopefully! I've been researching on and off for 4 years!

[@holls9747]

I mean when I was 9 I some how ended up with over 100 stick insects 😂😭 we thought we where sent 4 females but they sent 5 mixed

[@waltuh8771]

Stick insects lay about 10 eggs a day lmao They dont need a male

[@isabelle9914]

Šp00ķý Ķīđ ‡ they need to be fertilized u dingus

[@avocadoodle]

Isabelle Martsen spooky kid is right, stick insects dont need males to produce babies females can fertilize the eggs themselves

[@holls9747]

Kyle they literally mate together tho

[@waltuh8771]

@@isabelle9914 bruh

[@asalundbergbosk]

This happened whit my first rats. It was supposed to be 2 boys but it was a male and a female. We discovered it early so there was no little pupps

[@charlotte6154]

oh oki good :)

[@KT-tn5ph]

This exact thing happened to me as a child at probably around the same time as you, if not a few years earlier. Posted a notice in the local supermarket and sold one or two but we ended up keeping the rest split into several different male groups and female groups. It was a lot of gerbils! Luckily my care and knowledge is a lot better now and I still intend on owning gerbils in the future. My last set of boys were super personable and sweet much more so that when I had lots of them. I think it's more a case of how much time you spend with them as individuals to make them more people oriented xx

[@CoolcatWCUE]

This is similar to what happened to my Nan she had two gerbils a boy and girl and they had a litter she was shocked but gave them away she couldn’t be bothered to separate them so at this point the whole neighborhood had gerbils and the internet was not a thing yet so she just kept letting these gerbils breed in a small small cage

[@katiesmith9158]

My parents would kill me if I let that happen with my mice 😂😂

[@andyyyb]

I have two gerbil girls, and have had several in the past. My first ones were from a local pet store, and they lived maybe 2 yrs. My two girls that I have now are from a breeder, and one of them is two and a half years old and the other is two. Neither of them are showing any signs of age or slowing down (if anything, the older one is a lot more intense). I love them very much, but I think they will be my last gerbils, as they require a lot of attention and work that is hard for me with a chronic illness. Would definitely reccomend asking around and finding a breeder you can get to know. Even here in small town Norway, I found one half an hour away.

[@charlotte6154]

ive checked around my area and havent found any breeders, and my local animal shelters don't have rodents, only cats, dogs, and birds :((

[@aspend.1751]

My siblings and I had hamsters when we were younger and looking back I realize we were not great pet parents at all😭😭 but we’re luckily we didn’t end up with an accidental litter

[@milkncookies4632]

Aspen Dowell me too... we had two hamsters in a small as* cage :( and I also had fish with my siblings in small cages and I kinda want hamsters again :p

[@AbbeysAnimals]

*that's a whole lot of gerbil's.*

[@jojoisasimpson7295]

I wanted Gerbils but after researching I decided not to get them but now I have rats.

[@janetdoolittlebaigent2886]

I used to rescue old disabled gerbils, and I've had up to 32 gerbils at one time I currently only have 2, but I also have 1 bird 1 rabbit 2 mice 2 dagus 2 dogs 6 mutimammates 8 snails

[@janetdoolittlebaigent2886]

Oh & 3 fish as well

[@canaldbmiguel1429]

🆒

[@MaryJane-mn5cn]

Your voice is so soothing, love listening to you and working on projects ❤️

[@Emiology]

Thank you haha! After editing for hours I find my voice so annoying by the end 😂

[@MaryJane-mn5cn]

@@Emiology I can imagine that! I can't even stand hearing a Short recording of my voice, let alone a whole video 😅

[@beeblesuk]

This same sort of thing happened to my mum and the nest was under the bedding so no one noticed. They ended up with around 50😅

[@brystalmelzer5722]

I was sold a pregnant mouse from a pet store that had 6 babies about 2 weeks after I got her. I've called the pet store and they wouldn't own up to selling me a pregnant mouse nor take them back so I'm now stuck with 9 mice. I love and appreciate them but it really opened my eyes about pet stores and none of my animals have come from a pet store since (thank god) (:

[@Chloe-xc3fm]

I have only one hamster and is hard to handle.one time I went in to my bed room and she was on my desk out of her cage I thought I was imagining it.

[@negan1445]

I love gerbils, I currently have 2 boys and they are great fun, but when I was younger we got some from my sister in law who use to breed and sell them, but she wasn't good at sexing them so we ended up with loads of babies and sadly some were deformed or had health issues.

[@izzysark7292]

I’ve had an accidental litter of guinea pigs bought from a pet store, safe to say I never bought from a store again 😂

[@ash.lou613]

sounds like how i ended up with hundreds of mice. and started my love for rats an mice....after the accidental litters i started breeding for a reptile sanctuary where i live....and started feeling bad for the mice and rats and stopped breeding and keeping them all together as pets....i only JUST in june re-kindled my love and have a mischief of four females, two dumbos and two hairless/patchwork.

[@ems9851]

This is so familiar! 😅 The exact thing happened with my Russian dwarf hamsters. As a 11/12 year old I thought it was great and the small chirping sounds of the babies were super cute. They were so manic and full of energy! My parents were not so impressed but the pet shop did take them back. I was so upset to have to give them up and my parents had to go to the shop without me, I think they were pretty upset as well and that was the last time we got any pets until we got a rescue dog many years later! At least 20 years later I’m keen to open my heart to some more small pets and researching getting some rats. I will be looking for a reputable breeder. Definitely no more pet shops for me.

[@AimeeML]

We bought our first rats from a pet store, we know better now. But as the employee was helping they fortunately double checked and found several males mixed in with the females. it was so sad because their water was blocked by a hide and one was gasping, I got the employee to help.

[@Nyxerodactyl]

Oh man! That sounds intense. My mom had our rats breed one litter when I was young. This was mid 90’s in Canada, so I hope they all went to good homes. We placed an ad in the paper

[@givememountains]

YES! same thing happened to me, except it was a small pet store and my dad let me buy ONE male mouse at 9 years old. He was not a male, he was a pregnant female she had 8 babies. We kept them all and separated them, unfortunately male mice do not get along we learned and we had to separate all of them. It was a big mess. Somehow, I did continue to get pet mice after those all died though...

[@Shellsunshine1976]

I’ve owned gerbils for years and never had a any problem with unplanned pregnancies. Always got mine from small pets shops or larger pet shops like Pets at home and they have all been healthy. But I do know what you mean as my friend had the same problem with her guinea pigs where she got 2 and ended up with a few more later on.

[@margalothegreat_hams]

one of my friends friends got a hamster from a pet store (they obviously hadn't done their research as they also put the hamster in a tiny critter trail cage) and the hamster the got was pregnant, and so the hamster had babies, and the babies had babies etc. and she ended up with 27 hamsters. They got returned to the pet store. Moral of the story, do your research and don't buy from pet stores.

[@jeffryhammel3035]

Hey, thank u! Your story is reminiscent of my own story. After having over 30 gerbils in the last two decades, I'm convinced that one should just get a 4 foot long gerbil house, and raise 3 or 4 of them in a nice climbing environment. That's what my family did. It's especially rewarding if one doesn't want to have any breeding. Just get a really big gerbil home, and 3 or 4 of the same sexed gerbils will live fabulously. If the gerbil guys or gals live together right, u can take them out a couple days a week and just enjoy their friendly human bonding. You'll be rewarded, because healthy gerbils with 2 or 3 other friendly gerbils are just like having a couple dogs or cats.

[@jules9232]

My boyfriend and I recently got a female rat from a fairly reputable pet exotic pet store/pet hotel. She was a pet that was abandoned by her owner and they had been trying to adopt her out for awhile but she got pregnant. We've had some experience with rats before but never a pregnant one and I have no idea what to do. We plan to speak with a vet soon and we only got her by herself because she was showing signs of being stressed around the other rats and it's recommended to separate pregnant rats from others. We were afraid they'd sell the pups as feeders which is a contributing factor to us taking her home. We plan to keep a female pup and rehoming the rest later on when they're older. I welcome any kind of advice since I've never been in this situation before.

[@silas.t.]

My friend’s dad had gerbils when he was a kid. They were actually a male and a female, and they had sooo many babies. He named all of them George, George the second, George the third, and so on 😂

[@Itselethe_elephant]

My mum and uncle had gerbils and my mums one once hang on with its teeth at the end of her finger. My mum just stood there and laughed!!

[@thewheekly8]

Same with my dad and uncle! 😂❤️

[@iipastelpickle3080]

I had an accidental litter of three guinea pigs.... also from pets at home. About 6 years ago I had two "females" bumble(beth) and mimi and um bumble was actually a male and I had three baby guinea pigs one of whom squeezed out of the cage bars and almost went under a fence... Luckily she didn't

[@kat5353]

I've had 2 accidental litters of puppies. The first was a litter of 7 or 8 Andes we kept 2. The female that we kept ended up having 2 pups but they didn't survive bc she was to young to support them. And I've had one litter of four kittens.

[@harperturple2218]

What would u say to do for my friend she got 2 Ginny pigs and the petstore she thought she got 2 boys and ended up w 1 boy 1 girl the female is now pregnant in quarantine what do u suggest for her?

[@libby1520]

i bought three ‘female’ mice from a breeder at christmas, long story short, a few months later i found 2 babies around a week old! turns out the three mice i bought weren’t female, two were male and only one was female! separated them (males in separate cages) & managed to find the two babies (same sex) a home together. a few days later she gave birth again (due to finding the babies at a week old, she’d already got pregnant again). she’s currently got 3 healthy baby mice, that have all found homes once they’re of age thank god! the breeder was moving house during the time we bought them, and although it’s no excuse, it happens 🤷‍♀️

[@graffic13]

I bought a rat once that 4 months later had babies ... the lady assured me she was too young to be pregnant .... nope she was and had 10 pups ... and immediately became vicious... I rehomed them.

[@tinypawz7770]

I remember when I was younger, I was sold a 'female' pair of dwarf hamsters,which were called Frostie and Autumn, at pets at home and they were both make, we ended up having to separate them and I was also sold a 'male' pair of dwarf hamsters, called Chestnut and Misty, that turned out to be female and had to be separated at 6 months after getting territorial. I was kind of glad to realize that they weren't a male and female pair 😅

[@tinypawz7770]

Make=male They were both MALE

[@tinypawz7770]

Who else hates autocorrect?

[@harriets6135]

could you do a rat bedding video like which ones to use or not use I live in the UK and I struggle to find a good bedding I would use fleece but I don't own a washing machine yet and pets at home don't have that many options

[@wolfygachagallol2253]

This same thing basically happened to me except only 2 gerbils out of 2 litters survived as mine were quite young at the and we noticed them basically the day they were born and we were kind of suspicious of the female as she was getting bigger and making a nest

[@pandoraaworani5590]

Goes to show that buying from pet shops is not a good idea even if you don't care about the fact you are funding rodent mills... make sure to find a reputable breeder!!

[@maryw.5779]

Don't forget to try your local humane society. That's where I got my hamster. Unfortunately, there are a lot of us who live states away from an ethical breeder.

[@NyaMoon_]

I haven’t really found any breeders anywhere near where I live :( my local shelter doesnt have mice so I don’t really have any other choice :/ I now have two mice from a store that mostly sells garden stuff but has a pet area. They are feeding mice but now they have a hopefully long and happy life and don’t get eaten alive :( since I can remember every time I visited this shop with my parents I wanted to buy some to give them a better life and now I finally did it :) I’m upgrading their cage (again) in the near future and I’ll get 1-3 more girls so they are a bigger group :D

[@maryw.5779]

@@NyaMoon_ Congratulations on saving your mice from that fate. I don't know if they were feeder mice, (and this was about 50 years ago), but the store I got my first mouse from was called Moore Seed Store, and also sold garden supplies. He was a very nice pet. I hope you enjoy your girls.

[@NyaMoon_]

Mary W. I bought them an IKEA Detolf and got two more Mice :D I found a NGO were you can adopt lab mice! The Labs brews way too many mice and if they’re not used for testing they get killed. Some of them get lucky and find a home through the organization :)

[@yoyoman3994]

Before I got my rats I was going to get 2 or 3 gerbils. I ended up getting rats, but my mom said that once she held a gerbil and its tail fell off. Is it likely for gerbils tails to fall off?

[@TheSqueakyFam]

I love the videos of you as a little girl sexing the gerbils! Reminds me of me at that age. I got my first gerbils at 8 years old and became so obsessed reading up on them and learning all the information I possibly could at that time. :)

[@annagundam9120]

You were better at thinking of names back then than I am now.

[@IsabellaPipe]

I have never owned gerbils but my friend did years ago (fred & george) and i found them fascinating, i had a hamster myself (matilda) and unfortunately with not much info out there about cage sizes/correct bedding etc they would have lived a better life in the present where we know so much more and can take the necessary safety precautions for our pets - but we all learn from mistakes! pets at home however need to learn from theirs as they still do so many things/sell so many things incorrectly! loved this video :)

[@leahlambert5737]

Where can I get a good size gerbil cage from

[@NotTonyKhansBurner]

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a bit of advice. I'm rescuing a rat (1 y/o) tomorrow, and it's been housed alone for quite a while. It's not able to be housed with any babies because it's aggressive towards them, but I don't want her to be lonely. Any ideas on whether I should try to introduce another girl to her and/or where I could get one responsibly?

[@gabster3007]

My mom when she was little, got 2 hamster, which are supposed to be 2 girls. Nope a male and a female and they mated. They woke up to 2 babies and then had to go get a sepperet cage, so the dad wouldn't eat the babies. My grandma just took them back to the pet store (the babies) And then neutered the male hamster.

[@JL-lu5sw]

hi! what do you think about mice breeders who keep whole litter and do not put some of the babies away? in my country (in Europe) all mice breeders say that you need to kill some of the babies because it can cause problems to mom and babies end up being small or can die when mom doesn't have enough food for everyone. I have noticed that in UK, US etc. mice breeders don't put any of the babies away even when it is very big litter. why?

[@Plonsho]

I have only had three pets in my life! I'm 10 years old and they are from a breeder NOT a pet shop

[@Emiology]

Good!

[@sundramoorthypathmanathan6446]

Hi I am 10 years too I had own soo many animals in my life: dogs ,cats,bunnies,birds,parrots,ducks, chickens and lots more . 40%are rescue. My family loves animals so we try to help animals as much as we can.

[@silvermistrutski4377]

I made the mistake when I was 11 but with mice from petco. Though I would not mind taking care of baby mice again since I now have better mouse care.

[@AURICICHOR]

gosh, my sister and i bought two hamsters from pets at home and we were told they were both female… a few weeks later we woke up to 20 squeakers!

[@Bk-gl7ld]

hiii. i have one adult female leaf insect. she eats bramble currently but i was wondering what else they can eat? 🤍

[@MatildaBaker-kw7hc]

Love your channel!!!😁

[@ashleyshort9145]

Can you please make a video on Degus ??

[@courtneyroberson9617]

This happened to me with guppies. But it was okay because I had correct care requirements and good knowledgeable local pet store who took the babies and sold them at a higher rate because they knew I wanted them to go to people who really wanted them.

[@MatildaBaker-kw7hc]

I would like to get gerbils maybe in a few months, and was wondering if you think it’s a good pet.

[@brutusisadog]

Did you get gerbils? 😊

[@MatildaBaker-kw7hc]

@@brutusisadog Hey!! No. I didn’t it was one of those things I seriously thought about getting and then realized I already have plenty of pets. And that gerbils probably aren’t right for me after doing a bit more research

[@ash.lou613]

aww i love little Emi. too cute.

[@isabellavannamen4589]

Hi Emi i have three male mice and im from Australia I have three mice and love them so much and they are around 7 to 8 months old

[@bowsercastle4612]

I feel so old hearing you describe getting a Wii for xmas. I'd just started a job in Gamestation when that came out

[@zaraisles7658]

Me and my bf got our first pair of gerbils from pets at home we got told they were both boys called them snowy and nibbles ,one passed, adopted Asterix who is a male few months later turn out snowy who was meant to be a boy was a girl and we had a litter of 6 babies,asterixis now separate and two daughters living happy with mum

[@qhabiraalexander8001]

I love rats mice hamsters and gerbils

[@maazi-moo8153]

Lyndsay57 SAME!!! Edit: I only have ever had a hamster though

[@wolfhugger3344]

Where did you get the stickers on orbits tank?

[@Emiology]

Furnishables!

[@omgloves_wolves3479]

Hi emi you have been such an inspiration to me thank u I’m so inspired by rats and I love them I really hope my mum says I can get them iv made a presentation and worked really hard 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️love ur channel and pets

[@Boi-tx9dv]

Hi, I’m thinking about getting mice but I’m scared because I sleep with air conditioning on and I’m not sure if it’s very healthy for them please let me know if I should or shouldn’t, thanks 😊

[@kitkatskye]

I had this EXACT same experience when I was 11, except with mice. never buy animals from a pet store!

[@badger6872]

This kinda happened with my family, me and my sister each got a dwarf hamster (bad idea, they lived horrible lives, I feel bad, my care has improved) the pet store told us both were girls, they were not, mine was a boy, they had only 2 babies thankfully, we found them when they were probably a week or so old, still pretty young, we had just come back from a trip so they probably gave birth while we were away. I was pretty surprised that the dad just completely left the mom and babies alone, we didn’t even separate them. Once the babies were bigger we gave one to my best friend and one to my sisters friend. We never separated them and the mother died shortly after. I feel bad about that. I don’t know much about the baby that went with my sisters friend but the baby that went my friend lived in that round critter trail... I feel bad about that. The dad lived a normal life, one in a small cage where the owner is an idiot. After he died my friend actually gave her hamster back since he was mean, I can’t blame him, the cage was horrid. He lived in a slightly bigger critter trail until the last month of his life. I finally got him a bin cage with 461 inches of floor space and tons of paper bedding and toys and a nice wheel. He lived a good last month. To bad it was only the last month

[@lydiaphillips2509]

Wow that is impressive you could take care of them.

[@millikoya]

I had a similar situation, when I was 12, my mum and I got 2 female Syrian hamsters from a pet store, we had Syrians before, they were in separate cages, but both were pregnant unbeknown to us and they had their babies within 2 weeks of having them 🤦🏼‍♀️ pet store did buy the babies back from one of the hamsters as my hamster had 5 and my mums hamster had 9, I sold all but 2 of the other litter to my friends at school.

[@lula.ss_3603]

OMG the exact same thing happened to us but i was like 4 and now i feel really bad because we never looked after them properly

[@Aisha-721]

The babies were really cute. I think the store should have taken some of the babies as well as give you extra products to accommodate the extra gerbils

[@playroom8199]

Hello Emi, I really want to get Rats, but my parents are saying no. I have shown them how i would look after them and I've played with my friends rats many times before. Do you have any advice? My Parents are against it because of the bad reputation for rats. I've shown them the adoption place, but they are still saying no.

[@Mollylrg]

God let me tell youuuu! I got my guinea pig, Chez in March i believe, (from pets at home, cause i’m silly!) and about a month later on April 16th legit around 10:45pm, as i was calming down for the night on the phone to my boyfriend, she was squeaking waaay too loud and even though my boyfriend thought this was adorable, i knew this wasn’t normal for her, so i got up and checked on her, TO MY SURPRISE THERE WAS A BABY GUINEA PIG? I was legit like “oh my god oh my god” and my boyfriend was so confused when i managed to finally say “Chez had a baby”. I had no idea what to do so i just kinda sat there having a panic attack while my boyfriend was asking me if i was joking? like no sis! Meanwhile, Chez had another baby. I had to tell my mum because i’m 17 and living in her house, she was over the moon when she realised that Chez was actually doing okay. We ended up with two baby piggies, both female and now over a month old. So we’re keeping them because i was thinking about getting Chez a cage mate anyway, and pets at home did give us a few chew toys, some small bales of woodshavings, hay and guinea pig nuggets. to this very day, i’m never getting another animal from a pet shop because although the babies are a blessing, it could’ve gone incredibly wrong and i don’t even want to think about the outcome if Chez couldn’t manage!

[@emilyklauss2210]

This happened to me but I only had 8 gerbils. They were my first small pet beside dogs and cats but I got 2 gerbils and they were sisters and the day I got them one died that night so I went and got another one and the male and females were mixed together so i accidentally got a male and I had six babies. I was really little when this happened so I didn't know better.

[@woomeebly]

Feel your pain. At one point, I had 42 hamsters, four birds, ten tropical fish, and one dog!!!

[@indrahunter965]

My rats are definitely boys. Coughs rats get pretty obvious 🤣

[@victorc4_1234]

I recently got 2 gerbils Preston and Marty and I love them🥰

[@jennathompson2062]

I used to have four rats three were males and one female (we got from a pet store I regret it) two pasted away but a few weeks after my female had 14 BABIES!!! We found a home for the male but we haven’t found a home for the female I’m keeping three of the babies

[@sanjayshivankarss]

I just want to ask (not related to this video) ,in my region the pet shop are the breeder ,so should i buy rats from there .

[@Emiology]

No, often the pet store who breed the animals themselves don’t understand genetics and the health of the animals as well as a proper breeder would. But it’s definitely a better option than a chain pet store but still not perfect

[@sanjayshivankarss]

@@Emiology thank you for replying

[@sanjayshivankarss]

@@Emiology I research more but i can't find any breeder in my states.

[@rabbitlady87]

I have 8 now lol. I got sold 2 gerbils.. not knowing one was a female and one was male... yep she had babies. They are 2 weeks old and adorable. I have no breeders here and thought the pet store was smart enough to not keep opposite sex together... nope.

[@FreeFoxRagu]

Similar happened to us but we ended up with about 60 in total.

[@alextheawesome94]

I haven't personally, but it could have gone that way. My sister got two rabbits from my classmate who had an accidental litter. We thought we bought 2 females, in reality it was two males and we didn't notice until they started fighting and one almost castrated the other.

[@PricelessJesus]

Mine outta hand!😢

[@kylieblx101]

OH MY GONNESH,i luv your videos!

[@firestarisurgrammpa8725]

How I ended up with 3 mice!

[@charlotte6154]

only three..? i thought mice had litters of 6-8 .-.

[@r0sel_la]

What was your favorite guineapigs gerbil or rabbit

[@Emiology]

rabbits :)

[@r0sel_la]

I have guineapigs and a dog that's it I want a rabbit capybara raccoon and rats maybe mice

[@aikikaname6508]

Yup, got 2 ‘female’ guinea pigs from a pet store as a kid. I was delighted but my parents being responsible were less than pleased. Luckily a family my mum childminded for wanted them so they gave 2 to them and we kept another female and neutered the make

[@keirabillany2890]

I’ve got one and there so hard to look after

[@avaboolchandani7280]

love you emi!

[@Bbrrooookkee]

Her name was Dash. Hehe my head went right to naming the babies Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen, and Comet. (Dasher)

[@christinakardasz5633]

I had a pet dwarf hamster called Winnie and he was black too! 🥺