An Update on the Gerbies

Remember when I posted about the tiny little gerbil pups Matt and I got? Well here's a update: they are getting so big! Their beautiful honey colored fur/fuzz is giving way to gorgeous black speckling so that they look like moving piles of sand (much cuter than sand, though). They are shy little girls, and usually only want something to do with people when their is food in your hand or else if you represent and exciting new piece of furniture for them to crawl over. Their coloring changes just about every day, so it's easiest to tell them apart by personality. Raven is usually the first one to be out scooting around. Then Renn will emerge if the coast is clear. A few days ago Matt installed a wheel for them so that they could get their proper exercise. They haven't exactly figured it out yet...so far they will just crawl under it or sit in it and eat a treat. If I remember correctly, Phin did this too, and he got the hang of a wheel. The gerbies are vastly entertaining; and not only to me, either. Rodrigo the cat loves to sit in front of their cage in pounce-ready position. If the gerbils are especially excitable, Pherb (their upstairs neighbors on the bookshelf) will get up too and demand attention for himself. I love having a shelf full of critters.