Gerbils in need of a good home after being saved from house fire

The RSPCA is searching for homes for 15 gerbils who were rescued from a house fire. 

Brighton Animal Centre, at Patcham, is taking care of a clan (name for a group of gerbils) of rodents after they were rescued in July. 

Dozens of gerbils were found in filthy, broken cages stacked on top of each other in a greenhouse in East Sussex after firefighters were called to a blaze and found them in terrible conditions. 

Jesse Payne from RSPCA Patcham said: “Sadly some of the gerbils died or had to be put to sleep shortly after arriving. But thankfully we were able to save most of them and have been busy taking care of them."

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