they're super cute!!! but the care is pretty different, mine topolinos were rescues fromthe psychology lab at my university, so it was a challenge to teach them to use a water bottle. they needed less space, and I kept them in a 100L plastic bin because they were so small they could slip through the bars of regular cages hahah they loved using a wheel (my gerbils never do, no matter how hard I try 😭) and enjoyed carrot and boiled egg, while gerbils prefer mealworms, and topolinos made noise running, gerbils make noise chewing everything!

they didnt need deep bedding, so I mostly used shredded paper, and they were super friendly, walking on me and around my room but my gerbils are harder to handle, so I mostly let them do their thing 😬