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Post by LilyandDaisy on Nov 18, 2023 18:26:09 GMT -8
You know you're a gerbil owner when...
You always read the name Declan as dee-clan.
You are unable to browse crockery in shops without thinking about gerbil sand baths.
Feel free to add your own!
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Post by Markpd on Nov 19, 2023 5:14:13 GMT -8
You ask friends and family for loo roll tubes!  (and grab the occasional poster tube from work). You wonder what boxes you shouldn't chuck into recycling, and would be good/suitable for the gerbils. You grow extra Sunflowers etc for gerbil treats (I grew 5 this year). Hmm, can't think of anymore atm.... |
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Post by TJ's Rodent Ranch on Nov 19, 2023 12:17:19 GMT -8
You sympathize with the saying 'one man's trash is another man's treasure' on a possibly unhealthy level
The guest room is filled with tanks (that guests will just have to share space with)
You receive your paycheck and start thinking about that new tank topper before the water bill
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Post by icecontroller2529 on Jan 12, 2024 11:18:15 GMT -8
You know you're a gerbil owner when...You always read the name Declan as dee-clan. You are unable to browse crockery in shops without thinking about gerbil sand baths. Feel free to add your own! I can so relate to these! Mine: You know you're a gerbil owner when ...... you - as a woman who normally wears tight shirts - buy oversized hoodies in the mens' departement, for the gerbils to play in. ... you keep all the incoming cardboard boxes for the gerbils to play in when they are out in the hallway. ... you type texts like this one with one hand because there's a gerbil playing in your other sleeve. |
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Post by TJ's Rodent Ranch on Jan 12, 2024 21:39:09 GMT -8
Haha! Yes, I can definitly agree with these. Oh gosh you had me in tears at the last one!
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Post by Markpd on Jan 13, 2024 7:45:32 GMT -8
You know you're a gerbil owner when...You always read the name Declan as dee-clan. You are unable to browse crockery in shops without thinking about gerbil sand baths. Feel free to add your own! I can so relate to these! Mine: You know you're a gerbil owner when ...... you - as a woman who normally wears tight shirts - buy oversized hoodies in the mens' department, for the gerbils to play in. ... you keep all the incoming cardboard boxes for the gerbils to play in when they are out in the hallway. ... you type texts like this one with one hand because there's a gerbil playing in your other sleeve. Lol at 1 and 3!  |
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Catastrophic
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Gerbils and cats are the best animals
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Post by Catastrophic on Jan 15, 2024 13:13:33 GMT -8
There’s always bedding on your floor no matter how much you hoover. You always get annoyed when people call gerbils hamsters or mice or rats
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Post by Markpd on Jan 20, 2024 5:57:57 GMT -8
Yes!!
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Post by TJ's Rodent Ranch on Jan 23, 2024 18:51:14 GMT -8
You can't sleep without the white noise of the gerbils chewing, digging, or running.
You notice how oddly squeamish other people are of gerbil refuse.
If you hear a squeak you jump to your feet before your brain catches up to your legs.
You hate when people think that gerbils will give them the plague (seriously, one of my customers decided against getting their kids gerbils, because they realized that the gerbils will give them the plague!)
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Post by Markpd on Jan 24, 2024 12:33:56 GMT -8
Lol at No1 Re no4, utterly ridiculous, I take it you told them that wasn't the case? |
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Jan 24, 2024 15:38:57 GMT -8
Whenever I'm moving things around in the gerbil tank, I panic if I hear a squeak, even though it always just things scraping against each other.
On a related note, why do gerbils always stand right underneath whatever object you're trying to place in a tank? The heavier the object, the better, it seems.
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Jan 24, 2024 15:39:44 GMT -8
Oh and when you hear random squeaking coming from the gerbil tank, and you have to get up and find out what they're doing to each other (they're usually just grooming roughly).
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Post by TJ's Rodent Ranch on Jan 24, 2024 21:35:18 GMT -8
Ah yes. I did tell them otherwise, and tried to convince them. But they wouldn't listen. They told me about some kind of article they had studied on it and they just didn't want to take the risk. So I steadied myself from the absurdity and moved on. Probably a good thing though, because anyone who will believe that probably shouldn't have gerbils.
Absolutely, LilyandDasiy! My tactic is tossing something more interesting on the other side of the cage, so that they run to it and leave what I'm putting down alone.
So another note for this thread is: when you put down an item in the tank, you count the gerbils, and recount the gerbils to make sure they're all over there and not underneath the item you're putting down. It freaks me out even more when I have young pups in the tank (the point when their startlingly fast but can't yet see).
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Post by Markpd on Jan 27, 2024 17:00:32 GMT -8
Whenever I'm moving things around in the gerbil tank, I panic if I hear a squeak, even though it always just things scraping against each other. On a related note, why do gerbils always stand right underneath whatever object you're trying to place in a tank? The heavier the object, the better, it seems. Yes! they're nutters! |
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Post by icecontroller2529 on Feb 17, 2024 3:42:32 GMT -8
You can't sleep without the white noise of the gerbils chewing, digging, or running. I thought I was the only one who had gerbils in the bedroom. There is nothing better than the noise of gerbils at night, I cannot imagine ever sleeping without gerbils again. |
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(and grab the occasional poster tube from work). 
