How do I convince my dad to let me get a gerbil?
What are the ups and downs? I know that they rarely bite and they don’t poop as much as other animals do. And they don’t smell and are very clean. But he doesn’t belive me. Any site I can show him and some facts about him? And also store I should visit in case he says yes? Anything near Redwood City, California
If I wait till I’m on my own, that would be 5 years
It is illegal to purchase, import or keep a gerbil as a pet in the U.S. State of California.
Is this true?I found it on Wikipedia. That sucks. 🙁
13 Responses
tkes14
23 Jul 2010
♥tatacassie♥
23 Jul 2010
I just suggest that you tell him lately you’ve been feeling very lonely and you just need some to occupy you. And tell him that having a gerbil could increase your levels of how smart you are. Because than your not in front of the t.v. all day!!!
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♥ஐ♥Steph
23 Jul 2010
1- look up all the prices and where your gonna get one. and look up everything it needs to survive so your aware of the costs.
2- look up interesting facts on it. interesting and convincing.
3-do extra chores around the house.
4-look up very cute pictures of them.
5-be mature about this situation. parents dont like….."plz plz plz plz plz plz plz!!!!!!waaaahhh!!!!!! PLZ PLZ PLZ" all the time.
6- tell them that you would do everything! and after you have all the research, gather them all around and give a presentation on all the research.
good luck!
marleen l
23 Jul 2010
What I did to make my dad get me a Havaneese is, I did a bunch of research on them on the computer so I could tell my dad the good things about haveing a Haveaneese. So just find out a lot about it and tell your dad all the good things about haveing a gerbil.
sarah s
23 Jul 2010
dude, it’s up to you, but believe me, gerbils suck as pets. You can’t really hold them because their not that type of animal and the will bite. They also chew through almost ANYTHING! They are truely rodents. Guinea pigs are really good pets to have though. They let you pet them, hold them and they are so cute!
Tublet Rising
23 Jul 2010
If your parents are opposed to you getting a pet, it might be best to wait until you’re old enough to live on your own. If the pet gets sick, your parents will be the ones responsible for paying for the vet, and they may not be willing to do that.
When your out on your own, you can get ten gerbils! Until then, maybe you could volunteer at an animal shelter or something? In other words, find ways to get your pet fix without actually having one at home. Plus, you’ll be helping a lot of animals.
Gerbil lover!
23 Jul 2010
Gerbils are great. I have two! They are dinural, so are awake night and day. They get very excited about any new thing you put into the tank for them and will immediately explore it. You can make cardboard buildings/tunnels for them and they will love crawling into, through, over, and on them. Then they will gnaw it all up. You can house two for a $25 10 gallon set up. They are by far the cleanest of all the small pets, so bedding is not a big expense. They live in clans and groom, nest, play together. You can house up to seven boys in one tank (five gallons of space per gerbil). They are easy to breed and both mother and father are great parents. Gerbils come in about 40 colors and varieties. They are not a big commitment as the life span is about 3 1/2 years. Gerbils are really the best rodent to have in my opinion!
Here are some good sites!- http://www.abcgerbils.com/ and http://www.agsgerbils.org/index.php
Good luck on everything, I hope you get to experience the joy of owning a pet gerbil!=)
Marig3
23 Jul 2010
You live in California? I’m pretty sure gerbils are illegal to keep as pets in California.
Carly 2
23 Jul 2010
gerbils are pets anywhere and they make nice pets just think of them as little hamsters lol anyway show him how responsible you are like keeping yuor room clean and if you have any other animals such as a dog take it for walks bathe it and feed and give it water it took a while to get my parents to let me have a hamster but i did research and got very cute pics of them that always works and if they are handled often then they will be nice my hamster hated to be picked up when i first bought her so i used gloves until she actually liked it and they are very bad at upkeeping their house but he clean themself about 12 times a day lol
pet master
23 Jul 2010
I went on a whole bunch of sites. There illegal in California (and ferrets are two). Sorry
Michael N (and l
23 Jul 2010
I can tell you how you can maybe convince your dad.
Tell your dad you will do extra chores around the house. And in exchange you can get a pet gerbil.
emily
17 Jun 2014
i want a gerbil how do i convense my parents
Alyssa
11 Jan 2015
Beg your mom until she says yes I did that and she let me get two because you won’t two get two or they will get lonely
i have 2 and im in florida and they should get rid of that rule. oh IMPORTANT you MUST get 2 they get lonley on their own even if you play with it alot. well i have 2 dogs and 2 guinea pigs and my mom said we had too many pets. my neighbors gerbils had had babies abd she didnt know what to do with them so she was giving them to a snake breeder. my mom had known that i had wanted my neighbors gerbil for ever but she kept saying it was tooo much. so the day came when she was getting rid of all of her gerbils and i was heart broken. i had done A TON of reaserch on them and their was only 5 hours till the guy was coming to pick them up. so i sat my mom down and told her all the great things about them and how responsible i am an d how happy it would make me. and i had to talk really fast so she couldnt get a word in. any way after 10 minutes she finally said okay you and your sister go pick out one each. i have had them for 3 days and i love little sunny and stormy. also if that dosent work. you should obsess about it for as londg as it takes. reserch what they need and look at pics of them and go on to online petsupplies stores and look at the things they have when your parents are looking so they see your seriose. ask for one for your birthday,x mas, when you did somthing that makes them proud. i hoped i helped.
ps. pick me best answer. =]