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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:11 PM
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My inlaws had a Gerbil living in their garden for years
it was there with a couple of friends when they moved in. For years they were never sure precisely what it was, catching a glimpse of the shy creature every once in awhile.

This last fall they were sitting outside one day the gerbil comes crawling out to them as if it wanted to say hello and immediately dropped dead (apparently ill).

I still find it hard to believe a Gerbil could survive outside that long in Tulsa, OK
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:23 PM
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1. InTulsa?
Drought and wildfires followed by flooding. I'm surprised too.

I have family in Tulsa too.

:hi:
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:31 PM
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2. City proper... very near THE FALLS if you know where that is...
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:33 PM
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3. Don't know the Falls
My relatives are near Broken Arrow (I've only been there twice in 15 years.)
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:37 PM
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4. Quite close by actually, it is also near Woodland Hills Mall
Chances are if you went shopping while there...
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:39 PM
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5. They're native to deserts.
They're found in desert habitats as disparate as the Sahara and the Mongolian Steppes. Quite the tough little rodents, really.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:44 PM
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6. must be! They also had two rather tough dogs living in the same backyard for years
the gerbil outlived both of them.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 02:24 PM
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7. we had a ferret
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