A Gerbil House Cleaning

hey thanks for cleaning our home. bert and i like to have new toys and stuff to chew up. and raisins. 

we like mealworms too. theyre crunchy. iffen you close your eyes they taste even better.

nothing like a refreshing lick of water to wash down a juicy worm with.

bert wants to show you his white gloves.  they are not really gloves. but he is proud of them.

i think you will agree that i am the most handsome gerbil. right?

A Gerbil House Cleaning

Wordless Wednesday: Ernie's Halloween Costume

Wordless Wednesday: Ernie's Halloween Costume

Harleymaniac and Bert

You might WONDER what I am DOING up here.  I KNOW this because I always hear "HARLEY, what are you doing up there?!?!?!"

Don't WORRY, I am just visiting my good friend Bert.  Hi there, BERT!

Harleymaniac and Bert

Gerbils Love Boxes, Too

Whatchoo mean I can't have this box? 

Bert and  Ernie get all the fun toys!

It is very, very not fair! They just chew the boxes all up and ruin them, anyway.

ps: I would be very thankful if you would help me sniff out a Pettie award! If we win, Harley and I would give the $1,000 shelter donation to Cats Exclusive, which is where Harley was adopted from. Just click on the picture below to see all the  nominees and vote for your favorites.  You can vote once per day through 7/31. 

Gerbils Love Boxes, Too

Bert & Ernie Explore

Daisy: Here are my pets, Bert and Ernie! They live in a 20 gallon aquarium. When it is time to clean their cage, they have to go in this little plastic cage for a few minutes. Here they are ready to go back in and explore their newly-cleaned home!

They get Carefresh bedding mixed with aspen shavings and a handful of Timothy hay. There are also toys like wooden sticks, wood blocks, and pieces of cardboard to chew up. Those toys sound a little bit boring! Gerbils love to burrow, and they especially have fun exploring their home after it has been cleaned and rearranged. Here Ernie found a piece of dried carrot! They eat from a bowl, but there are also bits of food scattered around for foraging fun.

After doing all that burrowing, Ernie's hair got a little bit messy. It looks like he has a tiny mohawk!

Here is a little video of Bert and Ernie exploring right after their cage was cleaned:

If you can't see the video, you can click here to see full sized on YouTube!

Bert & Ernie Explore

How Does THAT Work: Gerbils!

You know I LOVE my gerbil pals BERT and ERNIE. Today I am going to EXPLAIN where GERBILS come from!

Bert and Ernie are MONGOLIAN GERBILS. This means they come from MONGOLIA. They live in SEMI-DESERT and STEPPES. I am pretty SURE it is very BORING there. Once Bert and Ernie got TOO BORED, they decided to LEAVE Mongolia.

So they PACKED up all of their STUFF and LEFT! I am pretty SURE they WALKED because HITCH-HIKNG is DANGEROUS.

When they first got to AMERICA, they went to a PET SHOP. There were lots of TOYS and and lots of FUN stuff to do there. So Bert and Ernie were HAPPY for a while. But then they got LONELY and wanted a REAL family. So they came to live with US!

Now Bert and Ernie are HAPPY all the time!

How Does THAT Work: Gerbils!