Why don't gerbils get hairballs?

Question

Our gerbils spend all day cleaning themselves and each other, why don't they get furballs like a cat would?

Answer 1

Ok I breed gerbils and first the do moult. but they lose there hair very slowly and so it does not group into a ball that the gerbil can eat and then have to cough up.

Also gerbils do not l**k the coat the gnaw on it so the hair doesn't get on in the mouth, the hair is much finer and last their are much smarter than cats!

Answer 2

like Law said, there fur is thicker (: x

Answer 3

Gerbils don't get hairballs, because they don't like clumps of fur off themselves, like cats!

Answer 4

idk

Answer 5

not bein funny but do u want them to have fur balls it would be u cleaning it up so dont complain and i may just be that there fur is not like cats

Answer 6

Different sort of fur to cats- I don't think they can moult due to that fact, so they don't get a hair build-up. When you stroke a cat, normally a bunch of hair comes out, even if they're not losing their winter/summer coat- if you stroke a gerbil, you don't get off any fur, because of the density of it.

Rabbits can get hairballs, though.