The seizures are initiated by loud noises or stress and may first strike when the gerbil is about two months of age. There is no treatment, and the gerbils usually recover on their own. Since this runs in families, it is best not to breed your gerbil if it has seizures. A small aquarium with a screen top is an ideal gerbil home. Aquariums are easy to clean, minimize drafts, and prevent paper or wood shavings from being kicked onto the floor.
Gerbils are very curious and sit on their haunches to view their surroundings.
They also like to burrow. Give them plenty of bedding to pile up, both to burrow in and to climb on top of for the best possible view. Enrich their environment with toys and tunnels, even paper towel tubes they can crawl in and chew up. Gerbil owners should feed their pet a commercial pellet feed made especially for gerbils. Fresh water from a hanging bottle should also be available at all times.