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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 30, 2004 0:24:26 GMT -4
 So, I lost two Syrian hamsters this year, Ringy and her mom Rainy. The big degus I expected never came in - the boasting fellow who said he could get them repeatedly could not!  I also have a new 20 gallon tank my rabbit, Poppy, came in. So, I have some space. I today rescued Penelope. She had been living in a bucket with a bowl of water and some "companions". She may be preggie, or as they said on "I Love Lucy", enciente. Any bulges that give it away? Note also the tail - sort of bare, but that will grow back in. In one photo I caught her in a hop - first time! So, we shall see. She is quite sweet and easily handleable, and in a ten gallon with SAM wheel, hide box, and wooden stuff, right now. Any day there is a rescue is a good day. We shall call her Penny.  Meet Penny!     |
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Post by sunchaser on Mar 30, 2004 7:18:10 GMT -4
She is looking great!!! I am no gerbil expert, but do you plan to get here some gal-friends??
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Post by adara on Mar 30, 2004 10:38:34 GMT -4
She doesn't look pregnant from here, but bare in mind that they only start showing a few days to the day before birth. Just in case though give her lots of kitchen roll/toilet paper as nesting material and give her some extra protein like a bit of egg once a day |
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Post by jeannie on Mar 30, 2004 11:58:34 GMT -4
She's very pretty. Who was keeping her in a bucket?
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Post by fluffyfluff1 on Mar 30, 2004 12:32:06 GMT -4
She looks just like my PB. That is deplorable that she was kept in a bucket, poor baby.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 30, 2004 22:58:53 GMT -4
She's very pretty. Who was keeping her in a bucket? The idiot who previously owned her. She was being kept in the bucket with two other gerbils!!  How he got them I am not sure, but they may have been "extras" from his daughter from her school, or something like that. Supposedly that is why her tail is nearly bare. I really think she is pregnant as she is not big on the wheel right now, although plenty active and alert. We shall see; if she is not preggie I shall consider intros. But first things first. |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 30, 2004 23:01:48 GMT -4
She doesn't look pregnant from here, but bare in mind that they only start showing a few days to the day before birth. Just in case though give her lots of kitchen roll/toilet paper as nesting material and give her some extra protein like a bit of egg once a day Yep. She got extra food, a a bit of cheese, plus some greens. I am sure she had neither. She will start getting scrambled egg bits later tonight. She is in the bedroom with me - it was time I moved a rodent back in here; I moved out ten later last year owing to a mite problem, and the cacaphony of whirling wheels that kept me awake! BTW, she is a golden, just like Cliffy, who is the brother of Crystal and Chrissie, and uncle to the three black brothers, Tommy, Dill, and Phil. |
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Post by calvinator1 on Mar 31, 2004 12:51:30 GMT -4
She's quite lovely, DF. Maybe she's not using the wheel so much because she's unsure about her new home. Once she settles in she may use it more.
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Post by jeannie on Apr 1, 2004 0:24:16 GMT -4
My friend's gerbil, Phoebe, never ran on the wheel. I guess you'll know soon enough if she is preggers. You tend to have light fur gerbies, which is why the males have light colored balls.  |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 1, 2004 0:36:58 GMT -4
My friend's gerbil, Phoebe, never ran on the wheel. I guess you'll know soon enough if she is preggers. You tend to have light fur gerbies, which is why the males have light colored balls. I see the correlation! What I NOW will have to do is check the three black brothers, Tommy, Dill, and Phil, and assess the color of their balls. |
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I also have a new 20 gallon tank my rabbit, Poppy, came in. So, I have some space.
