The Gerbil Burrow

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It's been a few decades since I've had the pleasure of these gentle rodents, but I did remember a most important rule: No Pairs! LOL</div> <bR> <div>      After gathering up all the necessities to get this wee one started, we brought her home... to five very curious purrbies and two couldn't-be-less-interested fur kids. Nobody bothered about Blackberry while we were setting up her forever home, but after she was securely in her new digs...</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="569" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 349 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="f35f43f0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Oh my!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Hobo was the first of the purrbies to take an interest in the newcomer.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="569" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 488 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="f36f4ca0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="458" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Yikes!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> ... a big interest!</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="571" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 340 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="f37f4360.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="310" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Can't see me in here!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> After getting Hobo's interest redirected, there was Gizmo ...</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="490" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 497 WIDTH="476"><div> <IMG SRC="f38b3920.jpg" border=0 width="435" height="402" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Blackberry was inside her house, Giz was distracted by Hobo pacing on the floor. The tan spot is just to block out the glare of the flash (one day I'll actually know what I'm doing with a camera!).</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>