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Anonymous
I had two gerbils, best mates since the day they met (they didn't even fight much when they were introduced to each other as babies, and they were two males, go figure!).
So they lived happily together for about two years, never a fight unless it was about who got the tastiest seeds in their food.
Then one day, I come up to their cage and find the leader of the two twitching, obviously in shock, because all his joints had been chewed through. It looked horrible, could see all the bone and everything. We took him out and watched him die for like, an hour, it was really sad.
We figure his not-so-dominant buddy did it, but since they were best friends, I have no idea what happened. Usually gerbils die when living alone for a few weeks, but this one just decided to make me his next best pal. I kept him company for another year before he died of old age.
He never bit anything or anyone. Even pointing at him was enough to make him squeak in fear sometimes. I mean, what the hell could've happened?!
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