I work at a pet store, and so I often get free "feeders" from people who can't take care of them anymore (hampsters, rats, mice, etc)...well, I got a gerbil yesterday, and this thing is a terror! I tried to feed it to my monitor, and my monitor freaked out. He dove at the gerbil, and then went to a corner and arched his back and hissed. So I tried feeding to my California Kingsnake. My snake ran(I hope you all appreciate personification) from it, and the gerbil kept biting my snakes tail! Have any of you guys tried feeding with gerbils? same experiences? What would explain this strange behaviour from my herps, and from this gerbil? I have ne'er seen anything like it!