#cornchip the gerbil

[great-and-small]

Cornchip’s sweet face and paws are starting to go just the tiniest bit gray. My formerly sleek black panther of a gerbil is officially an old lady this year (she’ll be four years old in March), and she uses that status to constantly extort me for treats.

[great-and-small]

On days when the weather is nice I’ll sometimes put the girls in their travel cage and let them spend an hour or so next to the open window. They seem to love the fresh air, as well as all the interesting sounds and smells. Here is Cornchip emerging from her blankets to investigate a squirrel chattering in a nearby tree