Hi Jennifer,
Sounds like you have a pretty good idea of what to talk about. In the past I
have taken my critters to the library to put on a little program for kids. I
mainly gave a brief history of gerbils like where they came from, the
climate that they live in, I mentioned that they burrow underground as so
on. I usually do my critter presentations in about 30 minutes when talking
to kids. Their attention spans don't last quite an hour. The kids ask many
questions and even like to tell their own little stories.
I suggest not trying to overload them with a lot of info. It may make gerbil
care sound like a lot of work to someone who has never cared for a small
critter. I do try to clairify the myth that gerbils are mean and stink. It
seems that a lot of people that don't know anything about them assume they
are mean and stink and look like rats. I always tell people that gerbils
only bite when provoked, hurt, or scared. I also tell people that they only
need their cages cleaned once every two to three weeks. Hopefully this info
will convince people that they are not mean and they don't bite.
I do have a basic care page that is good for a newbie owner. The is also a
link on the care page that shows you closs-up pictures of different kinds of
gerbil food. You can find the address to my site in my signature.
I was just curious as to why you want all the color pictures and pup
pictures? Maybe instead of printing them all out (ink is wxpensive), maybe
you could put together a PowerPoint presentation that includes all the
pictures. I would assume the library has a computer that you can display
your presentation on. I have a powerpoint presentation put together for my
gerbils. It is quite easy to do.
Good luck and I hope all this info helps, please feel free to ask whatever
questions you like,
Ann-Marie L. Roberts
T&T Gerbils
Escanaba, Michigan
Member of the American Gerbil Society
Pup Count Project creator and maintainer
Pup Count Home page:
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/pupctlist.html
Please visit my website at:
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/
> Hello list,
>
> On July 7th, I am bringing one of my male pairs into the Elsmere Library
> in Delaware for a gerbil program. They will be here from 10am to 5pm.
From
> 1pm to 2pm I will be talking about them to children of all ages.
>
> Questions:
>
> *Does anyone have any cute stories I can share with the children?
>
> *Can anyone help me think of games I could do?
>
> *Any good books (short stories) I should look for to read from?
>
> *I will be talking about handling, training, owning, taking care of,
> breeding, and playing with gerbils. Under taking care of gerbils, I will
> talk about the how tos of feeding, caging, and emergancy care. Does
anyone
> have a good web site on any of these points that I can talk to children
> about?
>
> *I'm looking for good clear pictures of pups at the following ages: 1 day,
> 1week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks, 6 weeks, and 7 weeks. I will
> also need some really good pictures of all colors: lilac, black, agouti,
> nutmeg, grey agouti, schimmel, PEW, REW, DEH, DTW, just to name a few.
Also
> pieds or spots of all colors. If you have any great clear pictures of any
> of these, if you have only one or 20, could you please e-mail the picture
to
> me or send me the direct link to the picture itself, not the page the
> picture is on. I do know about the color palletes and I will look at
these
> pages for pictures, but I want to be able to print the picture out by
> itself.
>
> *Anything else you think I should include, any other ideas you may have
are
> all aprieciated!
>
> Thank you everyone!
>
> Happy Wheeks and Squeeks,
> -Jenni(the human behind The JenniFUR Clan)
> -the Gerbils(my little handfulls)
> -and Weeble(the female super cavy)
>
> visit our web site at:
> http://www.angelfire.com/nm/jennthompson
>
> **GERBIL FOR SALE**- lone male, his cage mate recently died. He needs a
> good home.
>
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