I finally found a patten to make little knitted gerbil stuffies/toys. They are turning out so cute. I have been good reviews. Here are pictures of my first two gerbils. It is a variation on a bunny pattern. Instead of a 6 inch square, I like using a 4 1/2 inch square. I tried 4 inches on the rust colored one. Looks a little small. The white cotton in 4 1/2 inches seems to hold better. I will be making a knitting webpage on how to make these gerbils. What do you think of them. I an planning on selling them at the 2008 American Gerbil Sociey Gerbil Show in May in Nasuha New Hampshire.

Honeybear (gerbil on left) recently passed on leaving buddy alone. We got two new babies on November 30th to keep Buddy company. 2 - 5 week old pups. We named them Spot and Simon. A week later, Simon became Simone. So now we are getting two more pups. One for Simone and another little boy for Buddy. Pictures will be posted for the new pups soon.

The introduction of Buddy and Honeybear went very well. They are the best of friends. Check out the Pet Pictures to see them from the main website.

I have been doing Weight Watchers At Work program. I have also been knitting lately. I am on a stuff animal kick right now. The knitting keeps my mind off food. So does the gerbils and Henry the hamster.

At work, I am in class learning Sharepoint 2007. I am in a small depression right now. Don't really care about anything right now.

That's about it for now.

We recently lost our little Digger. She was Honeybear's constant companion. HB's new friend is a 2 yea old male schimmel. We named him buddy. He is a sweet gerbil. A little nervous about being picked up but he is getting better. They are currently being split caged.

04/03/2007: Zoey did the most playful thing. We let out to play on the couch. She had lots of fun. I put her back into her cage and she immediatey wanted back out. She jumped into my hand. So I let play on my lap. She was having a blast. I put her back and she jumped right back into my hand and played on my lap. We did this back and forth for about 1/2 hour. She loved it. I loved it when she looked right at me in the eye. She is almost 4 months old. Such a good girl. This is the first time she did this for any length of time. My little Dagger (who was a black gerbil) loved doing the playful game. She recenly passed on. Her spirit was alive and well in Zoey.

Sweet Dreams Little Frankie-poo

You were a very special mouse with lots of personality.
One of many. You outlived them all. You hid when your siblings found a
home knowing that you wanted to be with me.

You showed Steve how nice a little mouse can be. You were so patient
when we had to give you medicine. You loved to be petted. You loved
your wheel. So much so that you gave it one last jaunt.

You will always be remembered. You are now with your family and wait
for me at the Rainbow Bridge.

You are now at peace little one. No more itching.

We will miss you.

I have my GerbilCam online. It will run mostly evenings during the week and mostly all day on the weekends. It is on motion sensor. When the camera detects movement, it will upload a picture.

GerbilCam

I have also created a blog for my knitting and my gerbils and mice. Plese go and check it out and let me know what you think.