Let's Gerbilz!

So this weekend we moved the gerbilz into a new tank. Now instead of living separately (Chewie and Rowdy in their duplex next door to Swiper's lonely mansion), they'll be together in one big happy family!

As you can see, Rowdy loves it (and the camera). He's waving hi!


Nah, he's just scratching at the glass. That's one of their new favorite hobbies, the other being chewing/scratching at some tape that's in there. They're also partial to sleep.

It's a tricky thing, gerbilz. You have to acclimate them over the course of a week. So right now there's a screen splitting the tank down the middle, we keep 'em separated, and every few hours, we switch the side they're on so they get used to each others' scents. Then in seven days, they should be comfortable and won't fight. At which point they'll be ohana. Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind... or forgotten.

Anyway, you can receive updates about their very exciting lives on Rowdy's twitter.