background- ive had many gerbils throughout my life. it started with one, it passed. few years later i got 2, they mated and had a lot of children, i didnt know what to do so i returned some to the store and kept one of the babies. for some reason i didnt think to separate the mother and father so they had another litter. i touched the babies and that made the mother eat them alive. lots of them died but there was 3 left. so we returned the mother, and now we had 5 gerbils. the father was in the cage with his son and the 3 babies on their own (they were old enough to be alone) the father got old and died, the son got old and died, and one of the babies has respiratory problems and died. now i have 2 gerbils about 1-2 years old
tl:dr ive had 7 gerbils in my life and now im left with 2
i feel terrible. almost all of my gerbils i never felt a true connection to. i cried when they died but i just got over it so quickly. i feel like im emotionless to them but yet im so mad at myself i didnt treat them better. i almost never played with them or let them out of their cage and gave them their basic necessities. cage, food, water. i dont know what to do, i just want these 2 gerbils i have right now to feel some sort of joy. i just hate myself for being such a bad owner. these poor things barely had a life worth living just stuck in their cages. how do i help them?? why dont i seem to care?? i have 2 dogs and i love them so much but its just not the same? please someone help, i cant stop feeling guilty. i want these gerbils to feel happy and content.
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