PHOTOS - Some gerbil tanks

[Die Fledermaus]

Someone asked for ten gallon tank photos. . .


The girls' tank. You can see Chrissie drinking, and to the right is her sister Crystal. The tank's bedding is mostly chewed corrugated cardboard after almost two weeks without a cleaning. Wooden chew things hang from the screen top, as does the SAM wheel. I have glued a shot glass to a solid cube of wood for their food, well, most of it. ;D


Gerbil country - and why I do little entertaining here.

Sam and Dave's tank on the left; the girls' at the top; Whitey and Sam at the bottom; the Gang of Four's twenty gallon to the right. Books help keep the wheels in place, as do a Civil War pistol and an American Revolutionary war pistol (Sam's tank), and a samurai sword and Zulu knobkerrie. The flag was from dear old dad's funeral, and has decorative purposes.


All tanks are due for cleaning within days.

[calvinator1]

Patriotic little buggers, I see. ;D

[Die Fledermaus]

You missed my point. Actually, there is something apropos about it now being used for that function. The gerbs make me feel a lot better than he ever did.

Tonight or tomorrow all those bins get cleaned.

[jeannie]

With all them weapons nobody sure as hell is gonna hurt them gerbils.

The Monet book seems a little out of context, hehehe

[Die Fledermaus]

Not here. Not at all, since I have loads of art books. Besides which, those weapons are generally considered artifacts and works of art. Maybe I'll use my trumpet next time to hold down a top; look for it.

The Monet book is from an exhibition on him that I loved at the Brooklyn Museum of Art about six years ago. It followed a marvelous touring exhibition of the riches and wonders of the Romanoff's court (which Russia sent on tour to make some dollars), and it preceded the BMA's "The Impressionists in Winter" exhibition. I have both of those books, also. The BMA hasn't had three better exhibits since.

All those tanks were cleaned yesterday, along with one you can't see - Rudolf and Phoenix's. Sixty gallons worth of tank! No wonder I am behind in a lot of things including e-mails. Whew. So many garbage bags. . .

[calvinator1]

I saw the Monet exhibit and the Romanov exhibit but I missed the Winter exhibit. The two I saw were great - I keep hoping they'll get something like that again.

[Die Fledermaus]

calvinator1 said:

I saw the Monet exhibit and the Romanov exhibit but I missed the Winter exhibit. The two I saw were great - I keep hoping they'll get something like that again.

As you saw the Russian Royal Court exhibit you can tell why they had a revolution. I especially liked the giant nuggets of platinum and gold (bigger than my fist!). The icons were also striking. A very enjoyable time, and the Monet one was also, with the audio guided tour. It was mind-expanded to get into his perceptions of light and color. I have his "White and Blue Waterlilies" framed above my gerbil tanks.

The Impressionists in Winter was very interesting although not quite as much as the other two.

They have had a number of smaller exhibitions, such as the works of New York painter William Merritt Chase, and his turn-of-the-century Impressionist works of NYC. (He is also buried in Green-wood Cemetery!).
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The "Sensations" exhibit I despised for many reasons; curiously one of the more neglected reasons (hello, PeTA? Are you there?) was the offensive exploitation of sliced up and displayed animals.

BTW, the artist famous for those anthropomorphic paintings, such as Bulls and Bears fighting on Wall Street, William Beard, is also buried at G-W cemetery - and he had a lovely new bear statue made and donated by another artist just a few years ago. It is quite a striking piece of art:

A bear with a Brooklyn attitude!

The BMA should do an exhibition of Beard's work, some of which is rather disturbing and even ghoulish.



He also seemed to have a bear fixation. In the above, the bears turn the tables on the hunter and his dogs!

(Nice to talk some Art around here!).

[calvinator1]

I saw a wonderful Monet exhibit at the Bellagio in Vegas this weekend. Pieces from the Monet collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It did a wonderful job of tracing the evolution of his work, from early realism to the impressionism we all know. Such wonderful colors!

[Die Fledermaus]

calvinator1 said:

I saw a wonderful Monet exhibit at the Bellagio in Vegas this weekend. Pieces from the Monet collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It did a wonderful job of tracing the evolution of his work, from early realism to the impressionism we all know. Such wonderful colors!

I am jealous!

Does that exhibit have a link that shows their works??

I spent Saturday touring a fascinating Russian exhibit at the NY Public Library, complete with a famous Rembrandt; this one, direct from the Hermitage in St. Pete: Abraham sacrificing Isaac.



BTW, if you have not seen the movie "Russian Ark", SEE it; it is now on video and DVD. Absolutely fascinating in style and in its depiction of the Hermitage. Intriguing in the extreme. Among other things, the movie, about 90 minutes long, was filmed at the Hermitage WITh NO CUTS; totally continuous!

After I saw that Russian exhibit, I toured the American Folk Art Museum, which had, among other things, a very interesting exhibition of baseball art and assorted basebal-related Americana.

It was a good, if cold, Saturday.

Oh, the Russian exhibit is closed - until later this month when it reopens, rearranged. Check it out.

Nice to start with gerbil tanks. . . and end up here talking art!

[calvinator1]

If you go to bellagiolasvegas.com, under attractions there's a section for the art gallery. They only have four of the paintings up, but it does give you a better idea of what is in the exhibit.

I'll have to find "Russian Ark" this weekend. Any chance it's available from Blockbuster?

[rasputin]

Yes, it should be on our new release wall. Ask one of our reps if it isn't in plain sight -- though I can't imagine why it wouldn't be.

[jessicareed]

Cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute! I love that! How awesome! My gerb cages look exactly alike! I mean, cardboard and all.

[Die Fledermaus]

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

Glad you like the tanks. But just a while ago I was cleaning a big twenty gallon, and I put the gerbs in a deep 30 gallon holding bin. One of them managed to JUMP OUT! She must have jumped straight up a good 15 or more inches!

The hunt begins. . . LOL

[furryflowers]

For Loose Gerbil Hunting I recommend a Butterfly Net !!! They work WONDERS giving you an extra 2 1/2 - 3 feet to your arms reach & by "netting" the little ones you don´t risk accidentally squeezing them or mis-handling a Tail.....I also have 2 SUPER FABULOUS Assie Shepherds who "point" to missing Gerbies in their own way, not like a Hunting dogs´ "pointing" but I know what they are telling me when they do it, I don´t have too many instances of loose Gerbies or Chinnies out for very long around here LOL!! Oh & the dogs are AWESOME, they NEVER Bite "small creatures".....Sometimes my nose takes a nibble though if "Lance" is particularly full of himself...he´s VERY silly!

Love the Artifacts accentuating the Tanks ! Great touch!! LOL.....I have to stick to plain shelving here, it gets less dusty what with all my Chinchillas & gerbies too.

LOL.....I see what you mean about Jeannie being funny!!.....Thanks Jeannie I got this REALLY funny "visual" while reading your Post above of this little Civil War type scene with a bunch of Gerbils manning all the weapons...There was even a General Custer look alike Gerbil with long Blondish hair & a Beard & Mustache directing the others LOL!!!....Told you guys I was weird LOL!!

[Die Fledermaus]

>> Love the Artifacts accentuating the Tanks ! Great touch!! LOL <<

Thanks. You must look over some of the old threads in the gerbil, hamster, and Relaxing Rodents forums. There are a great many such photos.

A butterfly net I will try. Sounds like a good idea. But gerbil escapes are extremely rare now. And when one does I know she will soon reappear and barely make an effort to get away from me. That happened to Polly last week. I talk to them a lot, and that helps calm them.

>> LOL.....I see what you mean about Jeannie being funny!!.....Thanks Jeannie I got this REALLY funny "visual" while reading your Post above of this little Civil War type scene with a bunch of Gerbils manning all the weapons...There was even a General Custer look alike Gerbil with long Blondish hair & a Beard & Mustache directing the others LOL!!!. <<

I once pasted her head on the head of a Civil War officer in one of those old time photos from 1863. I then drew a moustache and beard on her. I think I posted it, or sent it to her; I forget. Now I can't find the damn thing. But I guess that is weird. A professor in grad school (Hans Trefousse; look him up on the Web) said at a meeting of CW buffs that I look like a Civil War general. BTW, he was not only great scholar and teacher, he was a major war hero in WW II. Another grad prof was Bela Kiraly (look him up also) - a former Hungarian major general who the Stalinists had on Death Row for five years (!), was the military commander during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution! Impressive.