Household expansion!
Gerbils. The sisters, Crumpet and Alice, have taken up residence in a nice 10-gallon tank beside my chair here. In the tank are the box they came home in, much wood shaving, a bowl of water and a dish of seeds. The box is their house, for as long as it lasts. Busy, busy, busy! Crumpet was irresistable when I saw her in the pet store. She is tones of buff and greyish brown, the darker shades at each end, the light in the middle. And because there were four, and they are quite sociable creatures,... Sign in to see full entry.