We've renamed the runabout balls "Battle Balls" as our gerbs would
occasionally run into each other when they were in the balls at the same
time - reminded us of the balls that people ran around in in a show
called "Gladiators" several years ago, and the thunderdome from Mad Max.
Our gerbil "Peppi" was attempting to chew a tube I'd placed vertically
in her enclosure last night (as a challenge to her) and ended up lying
on her back with her white tummy facing up chewing on it. It was quite
adorable! We enjoy moving things around to create a challenge and
stimulate her...
We got Peppi (munchkin she is also called) from Petsmart. I was quite
surprised to find gerbils at the one near me, not to mention gerbils
that were healthy, inquisitive and well-maintained! After observing
them for quite some time we decided on a particularly active one (the
bane of her sleeping sisters I might add!), who has proven to be quite
the fearless little gerbil.
I was a bit more careful this time, after the last gerbil I had (a few
years ago) had some sort of disorder where he'd be drinking or chewing
on cardboard and would suddenly freeze up for several minutes with his
eyes half closed and body trembling. We were very patient, but he would
never let any of us touch him...
Anyways, hope all of you and your gerbils are enjoying the new year!
-Jennafur
Amber White wrote:
>
> Then when I got home, I saw that my stuff from PetSmart.com had come
> in,
> which was exciting for me (I know, I'm pathetic)....so I cleaned all
> my
> gerbils' cages tonight. ;) Whenever I take them out to clean their
> tanks, I
> put them in those run-about balls...one of the lids has this habit of
> popping
> off unexpectedly, and tonight when I walked out of the room to wash
> some of
> their cage accessories, the lid popped off and my DEH, Chloe, escaped!
> I
> walked back into the garage and saw the lid lying on the floor, and
> the ball
> lying a foot or two away...and I was like, "Oh my god..." I was afraid
> I'd
> never find her again, with all the stuff against the walls! But I
> finally
> trapped her behind these two big plastic storage tubs, and after
> several
> minutes of waiting for her to come out, I caught her. I'm sure she
> had quite
> a story to tell Cecilia when they got back in their tank! From now
> on, I'm
> pu! tt! ing scotch tape on that lid! Should have done that from the
> beginning,
> but what can I say? I'm silly. ;)
>
> Hehe...well, you're probably all asleep at your keyboards now, but I
> had to
> share my night with you! ;) Have a great day/afternoon/night
> (whenever you
> read this), everyone!!!!
>
> ~*~Amber~*~
