new gerbil litter

3 golden agouti and 1 argente golden pups =)

quick update!

1) Fatty got a new bin. It's huge. Measurements to be confirmed.

2) Gerby is pregnant! Bump growing bigger by the day. She's still skinny though. May pop within the week.

3) Our new recycled paper bedding is a success. No sign of allergy (except Butter, who's losing some fur). No stink. Looks nice. Cheap!

the hammie house

Finally, an update for the month of August! I shall not make any empty promises, but I'll try to update at least once a week!

The pet shop at Bukit Timah Plaza sold us rotten pet food a few weeks ago, so we went back to exchange it, and got a new nut mix in return! The mix is rather unhealthy though, it consists of plenty of sunflower seeds, and oats! That's the good part. The oats is like organic food, and it took a while to get the hammies to eat the oats (they only ate the sweets!). Cookie proved to be the toughest of all; she starved herself whenever we refused to top up her food. Until a few days ago, where we looked in her bowl and...all the oats were gone! She's been eating well ever since =)

 

Anyway...here's Herby being naughty and sleeping through the day =P

And just as I tried to get a closer shot, he flipped over and lay on his side.

Aww...

Here's Butter under his wheel. He's as small as ever, and he's still scared of our hand...not sure what else can help but just a lot of patience and care! At least he doesn't go flying from our hands often!

And here's Butter pondering over his overturned food dish.

And in his specially prepared nest!

I think he's really awesome. A little worried about him now as he's losing fur over his right back leg. Perhaps it's the (1) new bedding, (2) new food, or the (3) grass. The first photo shows our new bedding. We decided to try it as it's cheaper. It's paper, and seems to absorb well. No major complaints!

Presenting...Cookie!

She's really flat.

And Fatty, of course. On the lookout!

 

The Hammie House.

Our gerbils

First of all, thank you to everyone who adopted our 5 babies from our second litter of gerbil babies. 3 males were adopted by Yang, and the other 2 females by Jamal (who has not told me their names yet). Wishing them all a good life!

 

We also went back to the pet shop which we gave our previous batch of gerbils to (for a small fee), and 2 of 3 were still there (the 2 females). The other male was bought with another male from the shop owner's own batch of gerbils.

 

Here they are: (we talk about them using the names Veronica and Betty)

She's really fat, isn't she?

Peeking out above their toppled wheel stand with another gerbil in front.

Looking at me through the glass.

And getting more interested in herself. Cleaning time!

 

And HERE: our second litter of babies still living with daddy and mommy!

A baby sleeping with mommy. The thickness of the tail is obvious.

Baby piled on baby.

 

And about a week after all the babies got adopted, we changed their habitat to SOIL! They really love to dig and sent soil flying in 2 different directions. Buried in the soil is a ceramic mug, a bone which is supposed to be their treat, and their bendy wooden house (can be seen in the 2 pictures above). They first dug out the house in a record time of ten minutes (usually, they find it after a few days).

Herby stoning by himself.

Gerby sleeping on the hay bed.

Herby peering out of their tank.

Herby and Gerby sleeping together, with their food dish (filled with soil (by them) and their ceramic cup (a nice cubby hole underground).

They are huddling together!

Herby wakes up again to chew some hay (maybe make the mattress thicker).

And he drinks some water (he's really tall).

And goes back to sleep, exposing his white belly!