Yeah, I know exactly how you feel, I'm away from my kids (now kid... sad
story I won't get into) until August. I left them in the care of my older
(27) sister and mother, however, I'm not sure since they both are flaky how
good they are at gerbil parenting :) I keep contact through email and
forward them stuff from the list, so they're not completely in the dark. I
get at least weekly updates on my Spoo, but I'm still gerbil sick.. :) I
went to a petstore this weekend and pined over this colour-point and these
wittle babies in tanks.
I also miss my kitties... :) So, I know how you feel, hang in there,
Kelly
At 10:22 PM 6/30/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Does that seem odd to anyone?
>
>I'm at a cousin's for three weeks.. I've only been
>here for 2-3 days but I already miss my pair. I miss
>seeing them dig, chew.. I even miss seeing them
>destroy another one of their expensive toys.. I miss
>feeling tiny paws scampering over my hand to grab a
>sunflower seed. I left them in the care of my younger
>sister. She's reliable but I still worry. Will she
>remember to check the water bottle? Will she make sure
>Cairo and Zerwin are happy?
>
>And.. Will Cairo and Zerwin like her better than me?
>That seems a little shallow, I know. It's good to get
>them used to more than one person. But I want them to
>like me too. Does gerbils only bond to one person?
>
>It could be just a simple case of homesickness.. I
>miss my dog and clownfish too. :p Composing this email
>seems rather childish to me right now.. But thanks for
>putting up with my random babble.
>
>In other news.. Cairo seems to have tamed more quickly
>than Zerwin. It's odd because I thought Zerwin would..
>Zerwin came forward more quickly and has an insane
>love of sunflower seeds while Cairo was more cautious
>and only likes sunflowers seeds. By taming quicker I
>mean Cairo like to sit in your hand and scamper up
>your arm when your hand is in the tank.. Ok, ok, I
>admit, I've been bitten by the gerbil bug. I cruise by
>the petstore, eyeing the prices of 20 gallon aquariums
>and cooing at the little gerbils. (Speaking of petshop
>gerbils.. they're taken at a pretty young age,
>correct? Younger than a breeder would?) I've checked
>maps and cursed how far away Missouri is from
>Delaware. (g)
>
>Oh, I also picked up a little vital of vitamins at the
>petshop. It *is* ok to give them to my pair, correct?
>I just want to confirm.. It'll only help, not harm,
>right?
>
>Cheers,
>Christina
>
>
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