OUR GERBILS

  PUTNAM HERACLES & THURSTON HERMES

                Putnam and Thurston were born May 8, 2004 in Maine. They are named after a wonderful, alas,
        no longer existent, restaurant in Worcester, Mass., which Stuart and I went to when were first dating. We
        bought them at the 2004 NE American  Gerbil Society Show (June 26) in Rutland, Vermont . There were
        so many beautiful gerbils for sale at the Show! I did NOT intend to get any gerbils, though. I told Stuart
        that,  and  we agreed.  But seeing these two adorable baby boys, I just melted. They were playing
        together in a cage full of other gerbils.  They looked so sweet, and were so attached to each other (it
        reminded me of the closeness of Bacchus and Dionysius). I watched them for a  while. They were
        inseparable. I just knew I wanted them as part of our "family"!  Stuart, who, after 30 years, "knows me",
        just smiled and laughed, when I handed him the small cage with these two magnificent gerbies! He
        commented how beautiful they were! We all made the 6 hour train ride and then cab ride home to
        Riverdale!
                  Putnam and Thurston are from Mountain Ash's Gerbils (owned by Janet Morrow) of
        Presque  Isle,  Maine. They are Black mottled (aa C* E* GG P* Sp). Their father is Mountain
        Ash's Zeus (Black) and their mother is Mountain Ash's Hera (Black Mottled).

 
 PHOEBE  

                 Our beloved Phoebe died  from genetic kidney failure, at about 1:34 AM on January 15, 2004.
        To see  her magnificent cardboard tunnel sculptures,  go to her website, www.phoebe.agsgerbils.org.    
        For our memorial to her, go to the "In Loving Memory" page in this website.

     PHOEBE AS ENTERED IN THE AGS VIRTUAL SHOW 2003        

PHOEBE CAME IN SECOND PLACE (RED RIBBON) IN THE SPOTTED CATEGORY OF THE AGS 2003 VIRTUAL SHOW!

  BACCHUS AND DIONYSUS     

           Bacchus and Dionysius were born Sept. 9, 2002. They are Spotted Agoutis. Phoebe is their mother. Their father, Pan, is owned by Karen Biehl, of the American Gerbil Society. Thanks to her, these two sweeties are now part of our family!

 Dionysius died on Dec.2, 2005.. Bacchus died on Jan. 12, 2006. RIP sweet boys.
For our memorials to them, go to the "In Loving Memory" page in this website.

HIS TWIN BROTHER, DIONYSIUS, IS VERY PROUD OF HIM!

  COMPO

        Our beloved  Compo, an Argente Golden gerbil, died June 30, 2002.

  FAIRFIELD

          Our beloved gerbil, Fairfield, died March 14, 2004. For our memorial to him, go to the "In Loving
         Memory" page in this website.                    

               FAIRFIELD AND COMPO AS BABIES                             COMPO AS ENTERED IN THE AGS
                               APRIL 2001                                                                       VIRTUAL SHOW 2002

                   FAIRFIELD EATING BROCCOLI                                              FAIRFIELD RESTING 
                                 AT BREAKFAST