They are brown and white.  They live in cages. There cage 

is made of glass with a wire cover. Up to as many as three 

gerbils may live in one cage. The gerbils live in Mrs. Stewart's 

classroom.  I like to observe them. Mrs. Stewart buys their 

food and feeds them.  And water provides water for them. 

Wood chips cover the bottom of their cage. Gerbils like to 

stand on their hind legs. The tail is the longest part of their 

body. They are cure and fuzzy. Fur covers their body. They 

dig holes in the corner of the cage to sleep. They eat seeds. 

Gerbils move around on hind legs. Gerbils are small. They 

have small black oval eyes. They move fast. Gerbils bite. 

Gerbils make good pets. My science teacher has them in her 

classroom. They live in aquariums also.  If you have a cat it 

wouldn't be a good idea to have gerbils because gerbils are 

like mice and cats like mice. I would get some gerbils but we 

have two cats. I like gerbils and think they are cute. You should 

clean their cage out once every week or two. Cleaning out 

their cage can be a lot of work. They eat paper. After you 

finish whatever you're doing with them be sure to put the lid 

on the cage because they will get out. The temperature of their 

cage stays about 20dC. The room temperature is higher then 

the cage temperature