Some Sad News

So this week has been a sad one. Our lovely gerbil, Latte, has died. She was only a few months old, but she had a stroke and passed away in the night. It’s so sad, she was a great gerbil and I will always remember her.

So on the positive side, we welcomed two new gerbils! Meet Toasty and Cookie. Apparently gerbils always need to have a friend, so we got these two girls to keep Mocha company.

Toasty

Cookie

Mocha

The three are getting along perfectly! At first we did a split cage, but today they have been getting along really well.

By the way, Valentine’s Day halters are coming!

 

Gerbil Photos

     Today I thought that you would like to see some more photos of Latte and Mocha.

Latte sleeping in the tube.

We got the gerbils a new tank! This is now a 15 gallon, and they love it!

While I was taking photos of Latte, Mocha gave me a lovely view of her... behind...

Mario coming out of the tube, BEEP, BEEP.

Bye!!!

Saddle Gerbils

    If you did not know Jenifer Buxton from Breymere Custom Saddlery has two rats that she calls saddle rats. I on the other hand have two "saddle gerbils"! I don't think that I could ever get Latte and Mocha to stay still with a saddle on their back, so I just took some photos of them in my stablemate barn.

Latte taking in the view.

OOOH! What is that?

Mocha decided that she just had to see what Latte was squeaking about.

Benji Also had a good look.

Two gerbils in a barn!

Latte decided that she had enough so she tried to make a run for it.

Latte and Mocha

 I am so sorry for the silence. School just started and I was really busy, but I have some exiting news! We got 2 gerbils! Their names are Latte and Mocha. Even though I said we, it is technically my brother. I sleep with Benji so Max wanted someone to sleep with so he got the gerbils. 

    Now let me tell you how hard it is to take a picture of a gerbil. They never stop moving, so all my pictures are a but blurry and not very good... I will try and take a good picture of one tomorrow.

We are working on taming them, and so far they seem a bit skittish. But I guess thats normal for baby gerbils in a new home.