New Gerbils This Summer

Kit Kat asked if it was time for us to buy new gerbils again. I questioned the kids. Seems their chores were not in order. I overlooked some of that when they were busy with school and work. But if they don't have time for chores, adding gerbils will only make it worse.

So Momoko documented the minimal set of weekly chores that must be done by Little Kat and Kit Kat. After a week of monitoring them, it seems they are back on track. Kit Kat went out to spend the weekend with her old college dorm mates. So it was up to Little Kat and Momoko to get the gerbils.

I was going out to eat with a friend for a late lunch. Momoko and Little Kat picked up three new gerbils (one for each of Momoko, Little Kat, and Kit Kat). They purchased a new plastic igloo to serve as the gerbil house. They also bought a new wheel.

These new gerbils are not too small. They seem comfortable with humans. Although they do get spooked by sudden noises or movements. At least two of them love and fight over the wheel. It is fun to put a large fence around the center of the living room and see them run around on the carpet.

Kit Kat's gerbil is the escape specialist. That bugger got free three times on the first day it came to our house. It will be a handful.