My Fat-tailed Jird, Zera

Hey
I managed to get some photos of one of my fat-tailed jirds yesterday She may look adorable but she's evil.. believe me..

Enjoying some carrot..






Their tail.. this is why they are called fat-tailed jirds they store fat in it as they are from the deserts of Africa


PEEKABOO!!


Zera loves morioworms...

they well cool x

thanks

Awww. Soo cute! I didn't know they ate insects! I thought they were more like hamsters. That is so cool!

Their tails are weird looking O_O Cool, but weird!

They are insectivores in the wild.. that only eat seeds and plant if they are very hungry.. that's why I give her morioworms and sometimes locust.. or I buy the hamster food that has dried mealworms in it hamster will also eat mealworms in the wild they eat small insects when they come across them =]


hahah I thought they were weird.. that's why I wanted them I love all things weird

That is so cool! You learn something new everyday!
I didn't know hamsters would eat mealworms, wish I had known that when I had my hamster (RIP poor guy).

They ARE weird, but I like weird things too. I've never heard of jirds in Canada though.

awww huggs.. i miss my hamsters too

it's not an important thing needed in hamster diets.. it's just for enrichment really and to vary their diet.. have you never seen the hamster food with dried mealworms in?

jirds are like gerbils.. just larger. Popular pet ones are shaws jirds

fat-tailed jirds are quite rare everywhere.. some breeders in the USA and in small amounts in England. they are quite popular in European countries, especially in the Netherlands

I've had two hamsters in my life and both met unfortunate ends. My last one had some neurological issue or something, and would no joke, pull his fur out. I saw him do it. I felt so bad for him. We had to put him down, he stopped eating, and it just wasn't a good life for him.

I've never seen that hamster food. We had to be careful with what food we bought though, because my sister is deathly allergic to peanuts, and its a common ingredient in hamster food. So we only bought the same kind over and over again. :P

Before I got my hamster I wanted a gerbil, but of course my dad said no. LOL :P Now that I see them, jirds are wayyy cuter!

awwww so cute hun

& great pics x

thankyou sam

yeah i have had a hamster die of a neurological problem.. it was a quick one.. within a week she went from normal to almost paralyzed.. i think she had a stroke.

aww gerbils are lovely I've had 3 sets of 2 gerbils.. Sapphire & Ryoko my first Skittles & Smartie Kayo & Henna lol your parents wouldn't let you get a gerbil and now you have geckos and a frog lol thats funny lol

LOL! I know isn't it?
Miracle started it. My mom didn't like her, but couldn't say no because she was treated so bad. Then my mom actually started to like Miracle, so she let me get more, and then my dad let me get the frog cause he thought I meant a water frog... XD
My dad is just happy "they don't stink" XD

Poor hamsters. And there really aren't any vets you can take them too, so its extremely sad if they get sick. I had another hamster who escaped its tank and fell down the stairs and broke its legs. It was alive after that for a few weeks, but died later on.

Maybe one day I'll get a fuzzy small animal again, like a rabbit (-coughmalakaicoughgonnastealhimcough-) or some gerbils. I'm also liking chinchillas (but I'm terribly allergic to dust and they need dust baths) or a hedgehog.

hahahhahaha It took me a while to see the hidden message there... but noooooo he's mine XD XD

get a bunny!! they are awesome!!
or a hedgehog I get to meet Jordan's hedgehog on Thursday eeek im quite nervous, im too shy

awwww I had a great hamster once, he was amazing! so friendly.. when he was little, he lived in those 2 storey hamster cages and he was on the top storey and decided to jump off the end and must have knocked his eye.. it had popped out of the socket and he had to have an operation to remove it.. he had a black eye and a red eye which is apparently quite rare but had the black one removed.

What secret message? LOL
I want a bunny so bad! Mom says no still, but I will convince her! >
Hedgehogs seems so awesome! I want one so bad!
You so lucky! I'm sure you'll be fine! LOL! I'm shy too, but I met Jolene just fine! Stay calm, and just breathe! XD

My hamster had a black eye and a red eye too! I thought he was blind in one eye :/ That is so sad, poor hamster! it sounds kinda gross as well.
My second hamster, Buddy, was really friendly too. He liked to sit in my old toy trucks, and let me push him around in them LOL.