It's a hard-knock life for gerbs.
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chibirhmHalfway through capping both parts of the Merlin finale, y'all! So, maybe it'll be up in time for when Merlin regularly would be on Saturday and we can re-squee, yes? I WILL SEE YOU THEN. Until then, I found this video about Merlin and Arthur in the finale. I'm not saying it made me cry, I'm just saying there may have been a sudden freak rainstorm. On my face.
In the meantime, the gentlgerbs!
Gus and I have experienced a bit of a setback in our relationship, as he has rubbed his nose raw and is extremely cranky about it. (Gerbils, for your information, often rub their noses raw when they get too excited about chewing/burrowing.) I've been trying to keep it from getting crusty, which he loudly objects to, and this morning it looked really bad so I put some antibiotic ointment on it, like you're supposed to. Which apparently is the gerbil equivalent of DRAWING AND QUARTERING HIM. Oh, the pathetic squealing I endured! The biting! Gerbils are really reluctant biters, usually. Sometimes babies are nippy, but for the most part, unless you shove a finger in their mouth or have just eaten something a gerbil wants o eat as well, they'll leave your fingers alone. But if you hurt them, god forbid. They will take a chunk out of you. Remember when Tess had conjunctivitis and I had to give her eye drops? SO MUCH BITING. Which, you know, good instinct, I'm not mad, but ow, Gus, I'm trying to make you better.
He continued to throw a hissy fit once I put him back in the cage too. He was still squealing, but it was this prolonged sobby squealing, and he kept pawing angrily at his nose and trying to rub the antibiotic ointment off in the shavings (which just made them stick to his nose which made him VERY PISSY) and on the edge of his cage an he was trying to lick it off, and this sent Charlie into just a tizzy of panic over OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING WHAT DID THE MEAN LADY DO TO YOU ARE YOU DYING? So he started following sobby Gus everywhere nudging and licking his face and squeaking nervously.
Needless to say, I'm not the most popular mama around these parts.
In the meantime, the gentlgerbs!
Gus and I have experienced a bit of a setback in our relationship, as he has rubbed his nose raw and is extremely cranky about it. (Gerbils, for your information, often rub their noses raw when they get too excited about chewing/burrowing.) I've been trying to keep it from getting crusty, which he loudly objects to, and this morning it looked really bad so I put some antibiotic ointment on it, like you're supposed to. Which apparently is the gerbil equivalent of DRAWING AND QUARTERING HIM. Oh, the pathetic squealing I endured! The biting! Gerbils are really reluctant biters, usually. Sometimes babies are nippy, but for the most part, unless you shove a finger in their mouth or have just eaten something a gerbil wants o eat as well, they'll leave your fingers alone. But if you hurt them, god forbid. They will take a chunk out of you. Remember when Tess had conjunctivitis and I had to give her eye drops? SO MUCH BITING. Which, you know, good instinct, I'm not mad, but ow, Gus, I'm trying to make you better.
He continued to throw a hissy fit once I put him back in the cage too. He was still squealing, but it was this prolonged sobby squealing, and he kept pawing angrily at his nose and trying to rub the antibiotic ointment off in the shavings (which just made them stick to his nose which made him VERY PISSY) and on the edge of his cage an he was trying to lick it off, and this sent Charlie into just a tizzy of panic over OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING WHAT DID THE MEAN LADY DO TO YOU ARE YOU DYING? So he started following sobby Gus everywhere nudging and licking his face and squeaking nervously.
Needless to say, I'm not the most popular mama around these parts.
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Date: 2010-12-09 06:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-09 07:39 pm (UTC)OMGWTFEPIC
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Date: 2010-12-09 08:18 pm (UTC)I've got Bradley level heart eyes going on right now.
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Date: 2010-12-09 08:24 pm (UTC)OMG YOU SHOULD GET ONLINE SO I CAN SHOW YOU SOME OF THE ARTHUR/MERLIN PARTS OF THE GWEN FIC I WROTE.
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Date: 2010-12-09 06:25 pm (UTC)Gosh, they do have sharp little teeth, don't they? I once made the mistake of eating a peanut butter sandwich and directly afterward saying hello to my gerbil. Ouch! Apparently I smelled really good.
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Date: 2010-12-09 07:42 pm (UTC)Yeah, they really do! The thing is, the whole tasting your fingers starts so cute, they're all nuzzling and licking and it gets your heart all melty and then they're like LE CHOMP and oh look, there's a pinprick of blood.
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Date: 2010-12-10 08:35 am (UTC)So do they just rub their noses raw with their paws? ):
*mentally kisses the wee gerb on it's poor wee nose*
EDIT: This story is so cute that now I kind of want a fic where Arthur and Merlin are reincarnated as gerbils.
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Date: 2010-12-10 08:39 am (UTC)No, when they're chewing or burrowing they rub their noses against what they're chewing/burrowing against, and they're so invested they don't realize they're making it raw and open. SILLY GERBS, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF SPACE LEFT FOR THEIR BRAINS.