#tabaquiscreatures

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you dont need to smell the camera

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the ghastly worm is out

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okay. animal maybe

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item: baby gerbil (x4)

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one day i'll make an about

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BEGONE TERFS

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btw cat in a pumpkin. if you even care

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marvelous little oddball

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are you ever just a guy in a tube

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So these are regular Mongolian gerbils--the kind you'll find in any pet store in the USA/Europe

And THESE are Persian jirds! Same genus, but different species

The Persians are about twice as big, have MUCH longer tails in proportion to their bodies, and overall are a lot... Longer? They have pointier faces and bigger ears.

One of them got loose and spent some time frolicking gleefully around the critter room. I'm a little blown away how confident and curious they are, especially immediately after transport. I wanted to get them both right into their enclosure, but one ran up my hand to sit on my shoulder and the other scampered off and started looking for things to climb on. Eventually he jumped into a box and trapped himself. They're both captured and settling in now.

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Unboxing the jirds!

They weren't transported in this carrier. This was just what I stuck them in to carry them into my house from the transport, since they needed to keep the carrier they came in.

The mongolian gerbils were NOT happy about having to wait

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He had an absolutely fabulous time running loose in the critter room. I didn't get a pic, but he actually came and sat on my lap a few times while I was sitting down and waiting for him to run into something I could pick up to recapture him. These guys are WAY too fast for me to catch with my hands.

He's a cheeky dude.

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Scientists have conducted all manor of tests in an attempt to identify this creature, but results are inconclusive. Current leading theory is pocket lint.

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He's SO cute.

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Shithead McIdiot (Tonic) did great at his follow up vet appointment today. Decided to extend antibiotics for another couple of weeks because some of the damage in his mouth is still a touch irritated, but we were given the go-ahead to return him to his regular enclosure (with the substrate swapped for paper towels and some extra branches added to prevent a big fall) since he's been very actively noodling around in the hospital box.

She does think he's lost the vision in his right eye, and he may have a slight permanent wobble from minor brain injury given the extent of the damage to his head. Shouldn't be enough to significantly impact QOL. Little worried about getting him to eat again, but we're going to start him back on pinkies and see. All in all, though, REALLY great prognosis and recovery for a snake with cat bites as severe as his were. Considering I didn't even think he was still alive when I found him, this is definitely a great outcome.

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She's literally amazing

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Peek?