How to Sell a Gerbil

If you have a healthy gerbil for sale, you should follow these tips to get an edge on the fierce competition. You can also ensure an honest, ethical sale and, most importantly, your gerbil's health, safety and happiness with its new owner.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Check your gerbil's appearance. Look for sore noses, missing teeth, ear problems, unexplained weight loss and other abnormalities.
2. Take your gerbil to a vet if it is injured or ill. Wait until your gerbil has fully recovered before attempting a sale.
3. Draw up advertisements for newspapers, fliers and the Internet. Include pertinent descriptive information such as your gerbil's age, coloring, sex and health status. Include the price and pictures next to the descriptions.
4. Distribute the advertisements. Call pet shops and ask if you can advertise your gerbil in the store. Submit your advertisements to the classified ad section of your local newspaper. Post gerbil advertisements on websites devoted to gerbil care and breeding.
5. Consider offering an incentive to buy from you by including bonus toys or gerbil accessories in your gerbil advertisement.
6. Gather supplies for gerbil transport. Pet supply stores sell special containers for the transportation of gerbils, but you may also transport the gerbils in a cardboard or plastic box with holes punched through the top.
7. Interview potential buyers. Verify that buyers understand care requirements and are responsible enough to ensure your gerbil's safety and health for the span of its lifetime.
8. Decide on a buyer. Have him come to your residence and finalize the transaction.
9. Open one of your gerbil transport boxes and line the bottom with Timothy hay, aspen or recycled pulp shavings. Scoop a handful of food into the box.
10. Place your gerbil into the box, say your goodbyes and hand your gerbil to its new owner.

Tips & Warnings

• When transporting a gerbil, it's advisable to put the gerbil in a small plastic container with holes at the top or a special gerbil transportation box sold in pet stores. It's easy for gerbils to gnaw through a cardboard box.
• Only sell gerbils to pet stores if you cannot find other buyers and you cannot care for the gerbils yourself. Pet stores usually do not adequately care for gerbils and often sell gerbils to inexperienced pet owners.