Both of us had kept gerbils as teenagers long before we met, so it seemed like fate that we should have gerbils again. Anyone who has had gerbils will know what great fun they are. For such small animals they love human interaction, whether you are feeding them sunflowers or just a giant climbing frame. We have never known a gerbil who doesn’t thrive on attention, some may not be easy to keep hold of, but it doesn’t mean they don’t like you.

September 2007 - March 2010
We went to our local pet shop to look at indoor bunny homes, only to discover they ran a small adoption centre. We took one look at the little gerbil curled up in a corner and we couldn’t resist giving him a home.
March 2005 - September 2007
A pair of free gerbils! We went to the pet shop for some supplies and things got out of control. So two baby gerbils joined our family.
August 1999 - April 2003
Four gerbils, we must have been mad! Oh but what an experience, this bunch kept us very busy with their antics and cardboard chomping.
October 1996 - July 1999
This little pair of girl gerbils may have been identical, but their personalities made them very easy to tell apart.
September 1993 - May 1996
Lindsay popped down the pet shop unsupervised and returned with this little gerbil.

Recent updates in Gerbils :

Our shy guy, Berry, has died

Our shy guy, Berry, has died

07 March 2010 by Lindsay

While loosing Berry is another blow for our family, I can say that he passed away peacefully from old age.  A few days ago we noticed we were seeing less of him, and then yesterday he just wasn’t himself and we knew we were going to lose him.  While it made us very sad to know he was going ...


A much needed update about Berry

A much needed update about Berry

03 January 2010 by Lindsay

I have been a bit remiss in updating about Berry since he first joined our family.  It’s hard to believe he has been with us over two years now and, I’m pleased to say, is still going strong. Things have changed a lot in our relationship with Berry since we first got him.  He is still ...


Berry has joined our family

Berry has joined our family

09 September 2007 by Lindsay

After our precious Cheddar passed away we had decided not to get anymore gerbils. Because we love to interact with our little family members we weren’t sure if we could keep up with another pair of young gerbils. Baby gerbils are incredibly fast and sitting on the floor with them is not as ...


Sad news, Cheddar has passed away

Sad news, Cheddar has passed away

06 September 2007 by Lindsay

I’m sorry to say our amazing little gerbil Cheddar passed away peacefully. When I say amazing I really do mean it. Since the end of last year, Cheddar had been having problems with his teeth. His front top teeth had just stopped growing, but his bottom ones had not. This gave us two problems ...


News on our gerbils

News on our gerbils

03 January 2007 by Lindsay

We have been having a rough couple of months with our gorgeous little gerbils. It started back in December when we noticed that Cheddar was having problems eating, he had also lost some weight. We were not to concerned by his weight loss as Cheddar was always the chunkier of the brothers. But ...