Monday, March 16, 2009

a day in the life of a gerbil

The gerbils' tank keeps changing, like a couple of renovators permanently digging and landscaping around.


From left to right: the gerbil's filled-up wooden house, the secret underground passage, more of the secret underground passage, the secret burrow.

With Herby and Gerby sleeping soundly. Actually, Herby seems to have been woken up by us!

Gerby stirs too, and they move through their secret passage.

They move, exploring their secret network of tunnels in the dark.

Herby sniffs the soil. "Gerby," he asks, "have you been digging around recently?"

Apparently she has. Herby discovers a tunnel leading to the back of the tank.

He stretches his head in to scout the tunnel.

Meanwhile Gerby squeezes through the tunnel to the surface.

Watch her head pop out from the hole in the ground!

At the surface, Gerby tries to hide from the camera.

She explores the food dish. "Grr, no food. Tricked again" she frowns.

Oops, Gerby is caught on film!

Curiously, she goes up close, and looks out of the tank.

OH NO IT'S THEM! I don't want to go out please mummy please please. *darts away*

After a long time of coaxing and spooking, we finally managed to get the gerbils out for their playtime =)

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