Exciting Gerbil Day

We had a big gerbil meetup today! There is a big gerbil show in May, and everyone was figuring out who they would be showing, swapping available gerbils, and registering gerbils that hadn't been registered yet with AGS. I came home with two beautiful boys from Donna of ABC Gerbils, she said she couldn't bear to place them in a pet home. I will be showing them in the pup class, we'll see how they do. I named them Pumpkin and Plush. I also reserved one female from a litter at Shawsheen River Gerbils of blue pups, a new dilute color they brought in from Finland. My new girl, named Blue Skye, will be living with an older female, Calico Flower, who's sister recently passed. I also arranged a "marriage" of another blue male, Hippu, with a spotted lilac female of mine, Bamboo. This will introduce spotting into the blue line, which is an exciting development. Here's a pic of Pumpkin and Plush-
Amazing the foster gerbil is doing amazingly well. Oddly enough, most of his body is hairless, although there is enough fur on his face to tell he is an argente. I think the hair will grow in eventually, but for now he is very funny to watch.