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I'm the 'lucky' owner of three cheeky little gerbils, Felicia, Mitzi, and Bernadette, who are absolutely adorable and like to give me massive heart attacks.

Last monday, in my ill and in pain state, I managed to somehow leave the lid off the cage whilst I changed their food and water and instead of coming back to a lovely full tank of gerbils, I came back to a half full tank. Felicia (the genuinely naughtiest rodent i've ever met) had climbed out and was nowhere to be seen.

Of course at that point the safe traps went down and the treats and torches came out but to no avail, she had vanished from the surface of the earth.

Fast forward to today when I get home from work and my cousin who'd popped over for the day was sitting there with a massive stupid grin on his face and a lone, naughty gerbil in the travel tank.

I'm so happy and relieved to have her back after almost giving up hope. Gotta be more careful with that pesky lid though.