The time my cat got bitten by one of my gerbils!

[Catastrophic]

So a couple of years ago just after I got my gerbils and my cat Lola was still a kitten, she got into my bedroom where I kept my gerbils. Usually, this door is closed even when we’re in it because Lola was a very crazy hyper kitten, ( and still is now in adulthood! ) But as I was entering to get something, and she knew there were gerbils in there as she’d seen me bring them in the day before, she saw her chance and ran for it, and I didn’t notice she got past me as she was so fast and immediately ran under the bed. I left the room, shut the door, but then had to dash back in, hearing a sharp cry from Lola.

She had climbed up the topper of my tank, and was holding on by her claws as my very brave Sparky gerbil bit her paw pads, hanging onto the bars, whilst the other two hid on their burrows. After I’d put her back in the hallway and inspected her injuries and the gerbils (everyone was fine if a bit shocked) she hasn’t tried to go back in there since!

[Markpd]

Lol, but also yikes! Glad that no pet was seriously hurt, although I'd imagine Lola's pride was!