In their natural habitats, a fat-tailed gerbil, or most of them, can be quite docile. And when kept as animal companions, escape is not something that they will regularly attempt and only bite if frightened. With that said, should you keep more than one of these rodents, aggression will likely develop among them, and might even try eating each other. Should you be keeping a pregnant female and she gives birth, keep a close watch as they are known to eat their young.
This gerbil species is nocturnal. Wild fat-tailed gerbils have the most activity around sunset and could have some activity during the daytime and even at night. As pets, they are usually inactive for long periods. They might have some sort of activity for a short while, then sleep, then have another short period of activity. These gerbils are rather social among humans, however, they do not like living with others of their kind.
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