Pets have really worked with our son. They provide so much fun and relaxation to him. Since he lost his mum they brought noise and life into the house again. That’s before we even consider the help they have provided with his Aspergers. Best parenting decision ever to bring them into our house. Not such a great financial decision but fiddle sticks to that.
One day we will get a sensible pet. It certainly isn’t the walking dinner plate which is our boy cat. It most certainly isn’t the mad pup currently outside trying to play hide and seek with the butterflies. The hope was that the three gerbils would bring some much needed sanity to the house. Team Gerbils maybe a super hero team ready to assemble but they are also a unrivalled demolition team.
The first house they had was plastic and lasted minutes. The second house was compacted straw and met a similar fate. We upped the anti for the third house with a construction of wood and wire. It has lasted longer however last night Team Gerbils got to work.
To be fair to them they did stack what was left of the house neatly to one side.
Dad we need to get them a new house don’t want them to get angry. You wouldn’t like them when they are angry.
So it’s wooden house version 2.
Notice that in the time it took me to get my mobile to take a photo Team Gerbils have got stuck into the roof.
If this house fails then it’s a phone call to Tony Stark and it’s time for Ironman Armour.
They look happy 🙂 I also had 2 when I was little girl… they died from overeating. ☹️☹️ I always thought they r hungry 🤭🤭🤭🤔🤔
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Unlike his last hamster these don’t try to eat humans. Thanks for the warning will watch what they eat. I bet that upset you.
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Yes I cried a lot…bcz dogs & cats were forbidden 🚫 in the house. So hamsters 🐹 – was the only solution.
Just don’t give them TOOOOOO much or TOOOO often. Kids often do tho…
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Luckily kids Aspergers makes sure he weighs every helping so it’s the exactly the recommended amount.
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Wow 😮 I didn’t know that… then he can expect to share his life during very long time with his “cute but tough friends” 🕺✌️
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Let’s hope so x
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I’ve never had small pets like gerbils…I guess the closest I had was a crawdad I had once in a bucket…until my mom got rid of him 😦 I have had cats though and they are great.
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They just work so well for so many kids.
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They are lovely😍
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Cute but destructive
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Yes, I can imagine, I used to have 2 hamsters😍
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1 was bad enough… ours was psychotic
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I am afraid it is the cage effect
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Ha yes it is
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Alas Tony Stark is no more. You will have to call Dr Strange.
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Don’t forget Ant Man induced time travel.
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Oh, then there are lot of possibilities.
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Lots
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👍
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Fun!! Certainly cheaper if a house for gerbils then dogs.
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They are certainly that. Cats been the most expensive with various self inflicted vet bills.
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Might sound daft, but have you thought about converting a bird cage?
My grandfather did that for our lizards and slowworms. Mind you neither were rodents with sharp teeth……………………
They are cute though.
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Got the biggest cage available from pet shop but never thought about a bird case. Will look at them.
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Good luck!
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Thank you
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First, I love how you keep your son busy with the gerbils. Obviously, it relieves stress on him by playing with Team Gerbil” – I just love that.
I have always had pets since I was a baby myself. When I was married, we had a pitbull, cat, the parrot I own now to this day, a gecko, hermit crabs out the ying-yang, and at least 4 hamsters, with the house and links that went throughout an entire room, plus a tarantula (That was kept in a room I never entered).
Pets have always had a calming effect on me. I’d be lost without my parrot, Peanut.
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That’s a proper range of pets.
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LOL! I had a very large home back then. I couldn’t do that now if I tried.
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Bet it was fun.
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Never boring, that’s for sure. A great deal of cleaning, but it was all woth it.
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They are
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Haha great photos. Pets are the best, especially the ‘characters’.
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These are characters. But pets are great.
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The walking dinner plate made me laugh 🙂 That’s a good one! And now I see my lab in a whole new persona. The gerbils are funny too – hope they like and don’t destroy their new house!
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I bet your lab is fun and very well behaved.
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Oh my gosh, I think she spends most of her days in the laundry room in time out for questionable decision making. Tipping over trash cans seems to be her favorite hobby. Walking dinner plate 🙂
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That sounds like me.
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Made me laugh 🙂
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That makes me happy.
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Ha ha. Wire and metal? Or do they run free in the house?
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Not yet but that time will come.
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Put them in large glass cage.:)
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Could work
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All male, OR all female, don’t mix the two… I learned that the hard way some 40+ years ago
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Male we hope….
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Gerbils need to chew, if for nothing else to to keep their teeth short and sharp. I would be taking the time over the next while to build them a a nice cage, and leave one replaceable wall that they can chew when they need to, and have replacements ready as needed. Protect the rest with glass or metal screening. I’m betting you and your son could spend a lot of special time designing and creating an ultimate home for the gerbils, with runs and a wheel, and other playthings. Cat proof of course!
Have fun, whatever you do.
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Luckily for work goes through a lot of vinyl rolls. The inside cardboard tubes are gerbil heaven.
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Lucky for them. Have you taught them to pick up after themselves?
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They frequently have cage rearrangements.
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LOL.
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🙏
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Adorable but naughty gerbils. For children, they can be a delight. Perhaps what you need is a modern glass and steel skyscrapers just for gerbils. Don’t forget a viewing platform.
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Wouldn’t put it past them to see if they fly.
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I LOVE the latest wooden house … it reminds me of the little cabin in the forest I have long dreamed of! I don’t know too many dads … oh wait, I don’t know another dad in the world … who would go to so much trouble for the gerbils, and by extension, the boy. 👍👍
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Thank you. Yes I did think about how cool it would be to have a bigger cabin for us.
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I’ve noticed that every pet we have is batty🤪 Even the Bearded Dragon has do things differently, like hibernating (brumation to be technical) in the summer.
I wonder if we draw batty animals or if they turn batty from living with us????
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Probably the latter with us.
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Us too🤪😂
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🙏
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How cute! Endless chewing is in your future!!
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It will come
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They certainly seem a formidable trio!
If only they could turn their destructive power into positive directions – like chewing up Boris’ political platform he’s standing on when the sharks are circling beneath him???
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For some reason my likes are not being registered – on a number of posts. But I did like this one
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Thank you sir. For months I’ve had a problem where I’ve liked stuff then it’s unliked by the time I’ve gone back in again. So frustrating.
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Gerbil demolition team… 🐁🐁🐁
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They are
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