I wish they weren't so tame! Grrr!
May 14, 2011 13:57:56 GMT -8
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Post by bexpetz on May 14, 2011 13:57:56 GMT -8
Just wanted to moan!
Why do I have to have tame gerbils
My friend's mother was taking us to school, and I thought I'd top up the gerbil's foodbowl before I left... the car pulls up outside, and all of sudden three gerbils have just rushed up my arm and are stuck on my head and shoulders! I'm scrambling to get them off while waving to the rodent-phobic woman in the car and telling her that I'll just be a minute!
I've just opened the door now for a cuddle and they all run up my arms immediately. I can't have them on the sofa anymore because they're so confident on it now they'll leap off as soon as I put them down. They're really easy to catch, but it's just annoying especially since we often have rabbits roaming around, and the back door open.
I made a fenced pen for them around their cage (30 gallon tank with two level tank topper, but they always act like they're deprived gerbils who need to be let out 24/7!) and made sure the sides were nice and high. I sat next to it on a chair with my legs in, so I could reach forward and catch them if they looked like they were going to escape. Well, after two minutes they're all speeding up my legs, onto my lap, on my laptop, up my arms and on my shoulders. The faster I pick them off and put them down again, the faster they run back up my legs. I moved so that they couldn't, and they start leaping out of the enclosure over the high fences - or just trying to! Crazy, crazy gerbils...
At the moment I am watching them repeatedly dive bombing from the top of their cage, while cutting out sections of cardboard to drape across the platforms to give them things to climb on.
Anyway, here are some pictures!
They still don't have names, even though I've had them for a month. I can't find anything that fits their complicated personalities! I've tried out so many different names but they are all so crazy, hyper, chaotic and deeply lovable - what name can sum all that up?
Here are two in the foodbowl:
The same silver one, but the brown one instead of the black one:
The brown one on his own:
The black one on his own (sorry, ignore the slippers...)
The silver one on his own:
Name ideas welcome! x
Why do I have to have tame gerbils
My friend's mother was taking us to school, and I thought I'd top up the gerbil's foodbowl before I left... the car pulls up outside, and all of sudden three gerbils have just rushed up my arm and are stuck on my head and shoulders! I'm scrambling to get them off while waving to the rodent-phobic woman in the car and telling her that I'll just be a minute!
I've just opened the door now for a cuddle and they all run up my arms immediately. I can't have them on the sofa anymore because they're so confident on it now they'll leap off as soon as I put them down. They're really easy to catch, but it's just annoying especially since we often have rabbits roaming around, and the back door open.
I made a fenced pen for them around their cage (30 gallon tank with two level tank topper, but they always act like they're deprived gerbils who need to be let out 24/7!) and made sure the sides were nice and high. I sat next to it on a chair with my legs in, so I could reach forward and catch them if they looked like they were going to escape. Well, after two minutes they're all speeding up my legs, onto my lap, on my laptop, up my arms and on my shoulders. The faster I pick them off and put them down again, the faster they run back up my legs. I moved so that they couldn't, and they start leaping out of the enclosure over the high fences - or just trying to! Crazy, crazy gerbils...
At the moment I am watching them repeatedly dive bombing from the top of their cage, while cutting out sections of cardboard to drape across the platforms to give them things to climb on.
Anyway, here are some pictures!
They still don't have names, even though I've had them for a month. I can't find anything that fits their complicated personalities! I've tried out so many different names but they are all so crazy, hyper, chaotic and deeply lovable - what name can sum all that up?
Here are two in the foodbowl:
The same silver one, but the brown one instead of the black one:
The brown one on his own:
The black one on his own (sorry, ignore the slippers...)
The silver one on his own:
Name ideas welcome! x