Aren't my gerbils mating, i don't really want them to, just wondering?

Question

i asked my local pet store for two female gerbils, they gave me a male and female i noticed after the second day i had them. i called the pet store very mad, telling them they were going to pay for my gas to drive 30 mins back. they would not cooperate. i called them later to see if they would take the babies when my gerbils made them, they said yes, i would get no money, but thats fine with me. i would love to watch baby gerbils grow up.

i have had my gerbils for over a month and they haven't made babies anyone know why?

Answer 1

maybe they just don't like each other like that. Just because they are male and female doesn't mean they will mate. Plus when they gave you a male and a female you should have drove back up there and told them to give you a female for FREE. they can't pay for the gas but they CAN give you a FREE female for the return of the male.

P.S if they do mate buy another cage and put the male in. The males might hurt/kill the babies.

Answer 2

They need a nesting box. Like a tissue box with toilet paper in it. They proably wouln't mate unless they have privacy.