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This is Monaco, an Agouti, brother of Phoenix. Of the two brothers Monaco was always the scared one and often used to run  away like lightning, although he was scared, he was the mastermind, the brains behind the outfit :P  Just like Phoenix he has mellowed during his old age ;) Like shown in one of the top images, he used to dig at our hands and  REALLY didn't like being handled, this may be due to the breeder not handling them as pups... Anyway, now he's really happy  to sit in our hands, and sometimes purrs. I love being able to stroke his head or feed him seeds whilst he sits there being a  good little boy :)  

The following images were taken in February 2004, see how massive Monaco is now? Sometimes we question whether he is actually a Shaws Jird rather than a Gerbil :)

He and his brother are actually coming up to almost 2 years old now actually... It was around this time 2 years ago that we bought them, I'm sure it was in March just before I went to my interview for Uni. (especially as I think it's interview time again now, our Tutor has been showing new ppl around the studios)

April

A pic, where I used our two zooms together to try to get a closer picture.

 

November 2004

Monaco and his brother Phoenix are well on their way to being 3 Years old... Around April they will be three, and so they certainly are becoming old men. If they were humans they'd be collecting their pensions by now, they are still both very healthy with shiny thick coats and no sign of aging other than a widening waist.

Here are some photos of Monaco during the end of November - basically December as it's the 29th.

February 2005

Monaco is now coming up to three years old, I never dreamt that he and his brother would both still be around to hit three! They're doing very well considering their ages! Our first pair of gerbils and they've managed to hit three, plus they're from a petshop, lol well. That's not something I would expect, especially as so many people find their gerbils die too soon. Three is good for a Gerbil, generally you'd expect them to live to two, but five isn't unheard of either.

Well, here are some photos of Monaco, still looking good if a little too over weight...