Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Food and Entertaining: [header] How to pick up a gerbil [title] Give your gerbil time to adjust to his new home. [step] You may be tempted to start holding your gerbil as soon as you bring him home, but he will need time to learn his new environment first. Let him explore his cage and get used to where things are.

Ending1: [substeps] Have your gerbil come to you when you are doing things. In a few weeks of age, you can give your gerbil other free-rein responsibilities like sorting and picking food in your hand, playing with toys, and going to the bathroom. Ending2: [substeps] Do not knock on or move around his cage at this stage. Hopefully, this process of picking up a gerbil will give your gerbil some time to get used to the idea of home. Ending3: Hold him close to you and pick him up. [substeps] Getting him used to its new surroundings will help him start recognizing how safe it is to be held. Ending4: Give him at least a few hours of exploration time. [substeps] Gerbils can be very timid, so your gerbil may need longer than a few hours to adjust to his new home.

Answer format: ending1/ending2/ending3/ending4