Cookie & Cream still live separate. Both are really really old. As of the time of writing, they are 14 months old! Closely following behind is Cotton, at 13 months. Our 3 oldest hamsters. Guess who's our oldest gerbil? Well, that's easy. We only have 2 old gerbils. Herby and Gerby! And they keep giving birth like crazy. Maybe the saying 'breeding like rats' have some truth to them. But hey! Don't call them rats; they don't like it. 'Gerbil' is a better word for um...a better rat =)
Anyway, Herby and Gerby are officially parents to 23 babies! One died, so there are 22 of Herby and Gerby's kiddos out there! Imagine...22 of Herby and Gerby's replicas running around, eating, sleeping, chewing, hanging around... Cool eh? If you add the numbers (refer to the 'Babies' section out there), it's only 21! The last 2 are part of the new litter! =) Only 2 yeah...as 3 others died due to unknown reasons (perhaps due to immaturity at birth). Hope these two survive! It's one lighty (who's fat) and one agouti (who's active).
Cotton is as friendly as ever, he always wants to make friends with Cream and Cookie, but they respond differently.
Cream is quite receptive to Cotton; she will snuggle up with him, but if he tries to get too close, she'll squeak. Cookie will squeak as long as Cotton is within 5 cm of her. In fact, she may even SQUEAK and back off and fly off your hand. Sometimes, when we wake her up for dinner, she'll squeak really loudly and fly out of her dino house and try to bite you. I guess that's what you get for trying to wake a hamster!
That's all for today! Look forward to...
(1) Our current setup
(2) Our current food regime
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