Hamster or Gerbil?

[Gimmi]

i had a hampster when i was like 10? It was ****ing badass. took it to show and tell and shit.
they're legit except they smell like shit, and you have to clean their cages a lot.
oh, and you have to give them water. RIP.

 

[MJStephens]

loldoublepostsorry

 

[MJStephens]

I would keep an eye out because there are people here that like to fight all the time and don't care what it is about.

As with everything in life, their will be ****s. Whats new?

 

[Andrew]

As with everything in life, their will be ****s. Whats new?

I'm glad that won't drive you off.:music:

i had a hampster when i was like 10? It was ****ing badass. took it to show and tell and shit.
they're legit except they smell like shit, and you have to clean their cages a lot.
oh, and you have to give them water. RIP.

Why does everyone keep saying hampster!? Argh. Every animal smells. You have to change their bedding like you have to give a dog a bath. My brother doesn't change his hamster's cage that often. It doesn't smell all the time too. Of course you have to give them water, all animals need water.:wavey:

 

[RoaCh of DisCord]

I had two hamsters once. One decided to kill the other one and eat part of it's brain. I'm pretty sure that lil' guy was a true goth.

 

[Lizardbreath]

ALRIGHT THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY LONG POST BUT I FIGURED THAT SINCE I WAS TYPING SOMETHING TO ROACH RIGHT NOW IT WOULD BE AS GOOD TIME BECAUSE IT IS LATE AND I FIGURED I SHOULD BE ASLEEP BUT I CAN'T.....IF I WAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE HAMSTER. HAMSTERS ARE CUDDLY, MORE WELL KNOWN, AND HAVE A NAME THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SOMETHING ADOLF HITLER'S MOM WOULD GIVE FOR A NAME....THAT BEING SAID I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMPARE THE HAMSTER TO THE GERBIL.....a hamster is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 18 species, classified in six or seven genera. Hamsters are indigenous to the Middle East and southeastern Europe. Because they are easy to keep and breed in captivity, hamsters are often used as lab animals and pets.
NOW I BET YOU ARE LIKE WTF UGLY ONE Y ARE YOU POSTING DEFINITIONS WE ALREADY KNOW THIS SHIT? WELL I WILL TELL YOU I FIGURED IT WAS AS GOOD OF TIME AS ANY TO EDUCATE YOU 11 YEAR OLDS ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GERBIL'S AND HAMSTERS....
A gerbil is a small mammal of the order Rodentia.

Once known simply as "desert rats", the gerbil subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to arid habitats. Most are primarily diurnal (though some do exhibit crepuscular behavior), and almost all are omnivorous.


Gerbil's skullThe word "gerbil" is a diminutive form of "jerboa", though the jerboas are an unrelated group of rodents occupying a similar ecological niche.

One Mongolian species, Meriones unguiculatus, also known as the Clawed Jird, is a gentle and hardy animal that has become a popular pet. It was first brought to the United States in 1954 by Dr. Victor Schwentker for use in research.[1]

Gerbils are typically between six and twelve inches (150 to 300 mm) long, including the tail which makes up approximately one half of their total length. One species, however, the Great Gerbil, or Rhombomys opimus, originally native to Turkmenistan, can grow to more than 16 inches (400 mm) in length. The average adult gerbil weighs approximately 2 1/2 ounces. As of August 19, 2003, officials in western China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region began releasing eagles to combat the damage they say the great gerbils have done to eleven million acres (46,000 km²) of grassland.[1]

Pet gerbils have an average lifespan of 2 to 4 years.


OH SHIT I POSTED ANOTHER DEFINITION AND THIS TIME IT WAS OF WHAT A GERBIL IS...NOW THAT WAS DEEP MY FRIENDS, VERY DEEP. SO NOW YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAMSTERS& GERBILS AND YOU CAN ONLY COME TO THIS CONCLUSION:
GERBILS SUCK ASS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LONG INTRODUCTION ON WIKIPEDIA AND HAMSTERS ROCK BECAUSE THERE'S IS ONLY A PARAGRAPH. CASE CLOSED AMIRITE?

 

[Vadriel]

I read approximately 3 lines of that post, LB.

I once had a hamster. I was young, irresponsible, and not a worthy pet owner. I didn't clean her cage appropriately and she ended up sleeping in bedding that was soaked in her own urine, and her hair started falling off in clumps from the acidity. Yeah, she died.

Gerbils ftw.

Oh I also had two rats once. We thought they were both girls. Then the babies came.

 

[PauseBreak]

Get a gerbil! They are cooler I think.

 

[Emperor Pan I]

i had a gerbil live for 5 years, 2 years longer than average.

 

[Andrew]

i had a gerbil live for 5 years, 2 years longer than average.

Oh yeah? I had a gerbil that came back to life. It died for a while, and then it came alive. Seriously. It was not breathing or anything for hours, then I came home from school and it was alive. Trust me it was the same one.

 

[PauseBreak]

lol...I'm sure your mom went out and found a replacement. Just like in those cheesy TGIF shows.

 

[Andrew]

I doubt you could find a replacement that looks exactly like an old and skinny dying gerbil.