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This is my beautiful (Ivory) Cream, male gerbil called Leon. He was rescued, along with his three brothers, from our local petshop as they were unable to sell. At one point, Leon and his brothers lived together in a huge chinchilla cage. Strangely enough, they started fighting after almost two years together so I had no alternative but to seperate them all. Each now lives on their own and couldn't be happier.

This is another of my beautiful (Ivory) Creams called Cody. He is the brother to Leon, Shrek and Ray. He is a lovely gerbil who loves nothing better than chewing up cardboard or working out on his wheel. I don't usually recommend wheels for gerbils as they can get their feet or tail caught in the bars whilst running. I have found plastic wheels to be the best as they don't have any gaps. PLEASE NOTE: Cody has nothing wrong with his eye, he just happened to close it whilst I took the picture.

This is my fourth and final (Ivory) Cream called Shrek. He is the liveliest of the four and loves to be handled and run up your sleeves and hide in your pockets.

This is my Black gerbil Johnny. He lives alone at the moment but I may introduce him to another gerbil in the near future. He loves chewing anything cardboard whilst  making a mess of his tank at the same time.

These gerbils are called Darcy and Benny. Darcy is another (Ivory) Cream and Benny is my Slate gerbil. I rescued these two boys from our local pet shop as they were getting too old and no one had bought them. They are really nice to hold and are very energetic. They love jumping about on the shelves in their tank.

Corinthian Junior is such a lovely litte boy. He lives with his two brothers Cruz, Romeo and he also lives with his cousin Romeo. Corinthian Jr is an agouti gerbil which happens to be my favourite colour. He was born on 28th March 2008 along with his four siblings. His mum is Princess. He loves being part of the foursome and trying to get a picture of him was a nightmare as he is so energetic.

Romeo was born on 1st April 2008, by Tiammi, along with 5 siblings. Unfortunately 4 of Romeo's sibling's passed away which left just Romeo and his sister Midnight. Romeo lives with his 3 cousins. Luckily when I introduced him to them, he was young so they don't tend to fight. The other three spent most of the time sniffing him! Originally Romeo was the smallest of the group as he was a few days younger and from a larger litter but he has now caught up making it harder for me to tell him and cousin Corinthian Jr apart. The only way I can do that it put the two of them together and look at the marking on their tails as Romeo's is slightly different.

Cruz is a cinammon gerbil mixed with agouti although both his parents were agouti. It is possible that as he gets older he will get darker as I have already noticed him changing already. He lives in a group of four with his 2 brothers and cousin. It is very hard to tell him apart from his brother Rio although Cruz is slightly darker on his back and face. Cruz is always the first to sit in the bowl and hunt for those pumpkin seeds!

Rio is a cinammon gerbil mixed with agouti just like his brother Cruz. He is quite a bit more golden than Cruz and although it looks like it in the picture, he doesn't have red eyes. Rio is a very inquisitive gerbil who is always keen to know what's going on. He enjoys hiding in their little reptile hideout that they have. His favourite food would have to be Gerri Gerbil food as he LOVES the pumpkin seeds just like the rest of my gerbils. I can't wait for him to grow into an adult!