So far, I haven't heard any more clicking in either aquarium. We have Sue (the dad) and Scratchy (the 9-wk.-old boy) in one aquarium and Nippy (the mom), Persian (the 9-wk.-old girl), Tiny (the other 9-wk.-old girl), Tiger (the 4-wk.-old ?), Cinnamon (the 4-wk.-old ?), and Speedy (the 4 wk.-old ?) in the other aquarium. Tiger is a beautiful yellowy brown. My son has claimed Tiger for his own. Tiger likes to climb all over us and sit on our shoulders. My daugher has claimed Speedy, even though I've told her we need to give two gerbils to Michael's friends (who have been waiting for gerbils since the first litter). My daughter thinks she might try to convince Michael's friend and his brother to take one of the 9-wk.-old gerbils and one 4-wk.-old gerbil - probably Cinnamon. We'll see..... If anyone lives in Northern Virginia and has two baby gerbils they'd like to give away for free, let me know. (Then we could keep ours. :-))
I am a little concerned about Cinnamon. He has been holding up his front left paw for a few days. I have no idea how it got hurt. I suspect one of the other gerbils laid on it or something and that we should just continue to observe Cinnamon to see if he gets better on his own. Don't gerbils heal on their own pretty well? I'm still having no luck switching the gerbils over to the healthier food, so I just give them both - the block food and some of the mixture. Although I *think* that the 4-wk.-old gerbils might be eating regular food now. Hey! I just realized! Isn't it nearly time to check gender and move the 4-wk.-old boy(s?) into the tank with the dad? I forgot when it's best to do that to prevent the Mom from mating with the boys. -Jean
