Today was a fun day at work for me.... I got to buy some pet gerbils for the office! This spring, the Warrick County Extension office is going to be offering a program called "Munchy Adventures". The goal of the program is to teach kids how to make healthier food choices and teach them about small pet care. The original mascot of the program is a guinea pig named Nicky...but any small pet will work. Since I have experience with gerbils ...gerbils is what we have! My second grade teacher bought some gerbils for the classroom... she started out with 2 and ended up with about 40...so we all got to take one home at the end of the year. I named him Ralph. Mom hated him because "he looked like a rat". While they do resemble rats...they are so much cuter-the hair on the tail makes a big difference in the level of cuteness.
It's been awhile since I've been a gerbil owner, so I was doing my homework today. Did you know there is an American Gerbil Society? No lie! http://www.agsgerbils.org/ There are even gerbil breeders! I guess if my gerbil sexing skills are rusty and we end up with more gerbils than we bargained for, I can become a gerbil breeder. They even have gerbil shows...complete with the gerbil olympics. I'm going to start training mine right away.... the one we named Nicky (in honor of the original Munchy Adventure mascot) is already on the path to gerbil olympics stardom, I think...he spent about 2 hours running on his wheel this afternoon. The one we named King Ralph (or Ralph the second- since my first gerbil's name was Ralph)...has the same philosophy to life that I do and is content to hang out at the food bowl...and spend the rest of his time sleeping.
Funny thing though... no one else in the office is quite as excited as I am about our new co-workers. Wait until I put them in their ball and they venture out into the office! I bet they'll like Nicky and Ralph the second a little better after they have them show up at their desk! My mom LOVED the ball...especially when the lid came off.
Work just got a little more fun for me!
Putting out trials with daddy
13 years ago
2 comments:
Your mom is right...they do look like rats! On another note, I am very glad to hear the Nicky was not named after YOUR Nick!
You are more than welcome to come and trap the little rodent creature that is evading capture in my attic. "It" tends to want to scratch at precisely the time I want to fall asleep. I need to find my zap trap....."it's" the only downside to country living....grrrr
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