Post by uknowbest on Jan 19, 2006 19:40:41 GMT -8
I currently have 3 gerbils, I havent really named them but one is black which is the timid one, an orange one which is friendly, and my gray one which is the adventures one. Well about 2 days ago there cages door was left open during the day accidently and of course when i got home that night i found that my grey and orange gerbil where missing, My black gerbil was sleeping he is not much for exploring i guess. I have 2 kids and it felt like i had lost my kids, its weird how attached you can get to these balls of fur, well anyways i went on full alert and began looking everywhere for them, i found gerbil poop in our kitchen which is quite a ways from the gerbil room, then i looked in our laundry room and i heard little footsteps it was my grey gerbil he was behind the washer luckily i must have startled him becouse he ran out of there and into our room, it took me almost 2 hours to catch him, i was finally able to get him to run into one of my wifes boots. One safe gerbil one to go. i looked for my orange gerbil everywhere and i couldnt find any trace of him, i was hoping he didnt find a way outside the house,Before i went to bed i put down little bits of food all over the house. In the morning i had noticed that the food in our storage room (the room with all the stuff we need to throw away but dont) was gone. I had to go to work but i informed my wife. During the day my wife went in there and she was able to call the gerbil to her and catch it really easily. Im so glad i was able to find my gerbils sucks not knowing where they are. Luckily our cats where outside and i didnt let them back in or this could have had a very different ending.
one of my gerbils, who was also the exact same colour (orange with a white belly) and who was also called sandy, had a tragic death too, my sister knealt on her head 
