Introducing.....the Gerbil Girlies!

[Argranade]

Those are some freakishly cute gerbils

[Alysser]

Sorry I missed this thread, Zara, I have been busy.

BEAUTIFUL girls! I love all the pictures and they are all so cute. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[zoey]

Your girls are cutie pies! Thanks for sharing the pics and video.

[Miss Z]

Thanks!

Just a little update, they're all doing really well now, they all enjoy being picked up and they have begun to jump on my hand rather than me having to catch them. They are pretty wriggly to hold but managable, and they are so lightweight! After I've held one of the gerbils, Tia seems to weigh an awful lot more and she looks huge against them.

They are chewing and digging a lot though, not that we didn't expect that, but I suppose as there's 3 of them everything is 3x what we expected! We've removed several ladders and toys as they've chewed them to almost nothing, and if we give them a kitchen roll to play with, it's shredded completely in the space of 20 minutes. They have a huge wood chew and a special 'chew-tube', but they seem to prefer to chew the things they shouldn't chew We're thinking about getting them a glass or plastic gerbilarium, at the moment they are in Foxy's old cage, which is plenty big enough, but I don't think it's deep enough to satisfy their digging.

Their petsters are up and running too. I plan to take more pics of them in the future, just they aren't the easiest things in the world to take pics of as they never sit still!

[Sevaede]

Glad to hear that they are doing so well! Mine are feisty and I *still* have to attempt to get them as only Rota will jump on my hand. heh.

You're probably right about the deeper gerbilarium. Some gerbils prefer to have some really deep ones. I, don't know why because I planned on doing this as well, never bookmarked some but if you do a google search then you could probably come up with some nifty ideas. I will edit my post if I find anything good!

Edit: http://exoticpets.about.com/library/...gerbilcage.htm This is a pretty good one. Then, http://exoticpets.about.com/od/gerbils/ , their main area, has some good things. I have the gerbil colour pallette bookmarked, though.

[sammy101]

How cute are they! Congrats on the new additions!

[Miss Z]

Edit: http://exoticpets.about.com/library/...gerbilcage.htm This is a pretty good one. Then, http://exoticpets.about.com/od/gerbils/ , their main area, has some good things. I have the gerbil colour pallette bookmarked, though.

Thanks for the sites Angelique, they were really informative. We have seen a gerbilarium which is pretty deep in a store near us, however, it's only suitable for 2 gerbils. It seems like there isn't a middle size, it goes from 2 gerbils homes to massive great glass aquarium things which would be murder to clean out. I'm sure we'll find something soon though

Oh, and I have seen the gerbil colour pallette too, so many pretty varieties!