Cheddar's posts :) (pic heavy!)

[spud's_mum]

Hey guys, most of you have already heard about cheddar but here is his thread.

Cheddar is a Mongolian gerbil and is 2.5 years old.

When he's not making a mess or eating he's climbing all over me.


I have to be quick as he jumps out of the cage to see me so I have to catch him (sorry about the blurry pic)

This is where he sleeps

And he loves to chill out and eat in his sand bath

Here is his home:

He has plenty of wood shavings to burrow in and at the bottom there is Timothy hay. There are also tunnels buried in the substrate.

Just some more cute pics

 

[waretrop]

Very cute. These little guys are so smart. I have even seen them read notes and do simple commands like spin, jump, lay. I had a mouse that walked along with me as if he were on a leash. I love little rodents.

 

[keepergale]

So do my snakes

Just kidding

 

[waretrop]

Yea keepergale....bet your snakes would "spin, jump, and lay" to get a treat, like poor little Cheddar...

 

[TMartin510]

Haha he's a cool little fella

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hurrraaahhhhhh for Cheddar!!!!!
He deserves his own thread!!!!

 

[keepergale]

Yea keepergale....bet your snakes would "spin, jump, and lay" to get a treat, like poor little Cheddar...

They even check out my Chihuahuas

 

[spud's_mum]

Here's the start of his burrows


Hopefully going to get some megasorb to mix in with the wood shavings so that it holds his tunnels better. I put on hay but he seems to ignore it
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[AnimalLady]

CHEDDAR! My man! I love the last pic, black and white. Lovely little guy

I had 2 hamsters once... then, i got home from school one day to find one hamster eating the other hamsters eye, it . was . horrible.
he actually survived though, and got the nick name "See YA" LMAO ok ok sick humor... anywho, i loved those little boogers

 

[spud's_mum]

CHEDDAR! My man! I love the last pic, black and white. Lovely little guy

I had 2 hamsters once... then, i got home from school one day to find one hamster eating the other hamsters eye, it . was . horrible.
he actually survived though, and got the nick name "See YA" LMAO ok ok sick humor... anywho, i loved those little boogers

I had a similar experience to this!
I had 2 Russian dwarf hamsters (aero and nibbles) and the woman at the pet shop told me they like having company.
After a year, they started to fight.
One night it was so bad that I got my mum and they were attacking each other. They in the shape of a ball and it was really hard to split them up.

Aero had scratched all down his neck and a deep cut on his face, he was bleeding a bit but he lived!

Moral of the story, don't trust pet shops!

 

[spud's_mum]

I have cheddar some food and put a natural dried mix on top. He took a bit in his mouth and ran away. He was like a dog with a ball!
He then started to dig:

And disappeared moments later into this hole:

 

[Gillian M]

Very cute!

 

[spud's_mum]

It was at this moment that cheddar realised that I had taken all the sunflower seeds out of his food. He wasn't happy.

 

[Gillian M]

CHEDDAR! My man! I love the last pic, black and white. Lovely little guy

I had 2 hamsters once... then, i got home from school one day to find one hamster eating the other hamsters eye, it . was . horrible.
he actually survived though, and got the nick name "See YA" LMAO ok ok sick humor... anywho, i loved those little boogers

Hi. Sorry about that. Are hamsters easy/hard to deal with?

 

[Gillian M]

It was at this moment that cheddar realised that I had taken all the sunflower seeds out of his food. He wasn't happy.
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Oh.....adorable little guy! GOD bless.

How long have you had him for?

 

[spud's_mum]

Hi. Sorry about that. Are hamsters easy/hard to deal with?

I think hamsters are a bit harder to deal with. They are less cooperative and also are nocturnal. They also get nippy too. I've loved all the ones I've had though. I think gerbils are easier (apart from the fact that they destroy everything and kick substrate everywhere)

 

[spud's_mum]

Oh.....adorable little guy! GOD bless.

How long have you had him for?

I've had him for around 2.5 years

 

[Gillian M]

I think hamsters are a bit harder to deal with. They are less cooperative and also are nocturnal. They also get nippy too. I've loved all the ones I've had though. I think gerbils are easier (apart from the fact that they destroy everything and kick substrate everywhere)

Wow....that hard to deal with? I was thinking of one: I saw them at a shop nearby. But I don't want to get one; then begin to struggle with him. Know what I mean?

 

[spud's_mum]

Wow....that hard to deal with? I was thinking of one: I saw them at a shop nearby. But I don't want to get one; then begin to struggle with him. Know what I mean?

They are amazing pets.
Most are naturally tame too.
Believe it or not, cheddar has always been this take from the day I bought him home.
As long as you have a deep cage full of substrate and some cardboard tubes their happy

 

[spud's_mum]

Oh and I forgot to say that they like company.
And I've never had a gerbil bite me.
(Touch wood )
Even my old shy one cheese never bit me. Only had the odd light nibble.

And if your looking for a pet that loves your company, gerbils are great. Cheddar is always at the door the minute that I walk in the cage wanting to come out