Scaredy asks, “What are YOU looking at?”
Scaredy makes sure no one is eyeing her baby gerbs.
Pile of Baby Gerb
Another little furry baby gerbil pile. Their eyes still haven’t opened yet in this picture.
Lazy Day
Scaredy is totally worn out after a long stint of baby-feeding and baby-chasing.
Banjo and Baby
This is Banjo (Squeaky’s mother) trying to hide her baby from the snooping camera. This baby didn’t
make it, it was from Banjo’s second and last litter. She was a little
old for taking care of babies.
Either way, this precious moment with mother and baby has been captured in time.
Baby Gerb Pile
Here’s a pileup of the baby gerbs. I’m not quite sure what exactly they were accomplishing there; keeping warm, most likely.
Moving Nests
Scaredy’s moving nests away from a damp spot made by the water bottle (bottle removed for the photo)
Scaredy Catching a Baby
Scaredy just found a wriggly baby running around, and is bringing it back to the nest.
It’s a Hard Knock Life
Here’s Scaredy (the momma), with her 6 little babies.
Black: Larry (M), Curly (M), Joe (F) [was going for Larry, Curly and
Moe, but Joe(anne) was a girl, and we already had a Mocha]
White: Sugar (F), Cream (F) [I bet you want some coffee now, huh?]
Brown: B.J. (F) [Short for Banjo, her Grandmother, whose markings are exactly the same]
At this point, they’re about 2 weeks old.
Little Bitty Sugar
This is little Sugar, (or her sister Cream, I really can’t tell) in my
hand while holding the camera in the other. So cute, huh? At this
point, she’s about.. let’s say 1-2 weeks old. Still only an inch or so
long, 2 with the tail.
Little BJ
Named BJ for her Grandmother, Banjo, because she has the same light-brown ring around the base of her tail.