Shooting Star Gerbils

06/21/2025

AGS Virtual Show is open for entries!

01/28/2024

After nearly 21 years, we have decided to stop breeding Mongolian gerbils. We will be continuing to work with the AGS, attending shows, judging, etc., but no longer breeding. We do plan to resume keeping and breeding Persian Jirds in the future, so this page will stay "open".

10/29/2023

Another successful AGS MidWest Show! We have been dealing with mites and were unable to bring any gerbils to the show, so we weren't planning on entering any. But a few of our new acquisitions were drafted to fill classes, so we came home with ribbons anyway! Honey Cream buck pup ABC As Good Luck Would Have It SStar took 3rd place in the Pup A class, and Schimmel Rex buck pup ABC LSQ Extra Spicy SStar took BOS in the Pup A class. Pied Dilute Nutmeg buck GG Galium SStar also participated in the costume contest.

06/11/2023

We had a great day at the 2023 AGS Mid-Atlantic Show! Of 7 entries, 6 placed (and the one that didn't place was a last-minute addition to fill a class). Winners photo: Agouti doeling SStar's Gillyweed got BOS in Pup, DEH doe SStar's Aureliana got BOS in White Belly, BEW doe WWI Diamond in the Rough SStar got 2nd in Self: AOC, Nutmeg doe WWI Sweet Surprise SStar got 3rd in Self: AOC, Agouti doe SStar's Kodama got 3rd in Senior, and Agouti buck SStar's Kushtaka got 2nd in Senior.

01/07/2023

New Year, new tank? For anybody needing to upgrade, Petco is having their 50% off big tanks sale.

Don't miss this deal

06/06/2022

FWC is trying to change animal ownership from a black-list system (species are legal unless listed as illegal) to a white-list system (all species are illegal except those listed as legal). Florida residents please sign.

FWC Mandates Threaten Pet Owners and Small Business; FL Animal Owners ask Gov to Intervene

05/08/2022

Happy Mother's Day!

No matter the species, moms are always doing the most for us, and we sure do appreciate it. Happy Mother’s Day, everyone!

02/11/2022

Speak out against the amendment to the Lacey Act!

Maine operates on a white-list system, and they almost outlawed gerbils because nobody cared enough to put the correct species (they had Gerbillus gerbillus on the list instead of Meriones unguiculatus). Rarer gerbil species like Persian Jirds wouldn't even stand a chance of being included, after all the work we've done to get them established in the US.

The bare minimum action (copy & paste USARK's sample letter verbatim into an email to your senators) will take all of 5 minutes, and will have a great positive impact.

Share widely, and for those who can, please PIN your announcement to the top of your page. With LINKS!

https://usark.org/2022lacey/

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

12/07/2021

We are effectively closed for the holidays. The waiting list is currently 5-6 months long; if you are willing to wait, put in a request in January. If you're looking for gerbils in Florida before late spring at best, check with Mel's Neighborhood in south FL ( https://www.facebook.com/melsneighborhood/ ) or look into having them transported from a breeder further away via My Bunny Village Transport ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/Mybunnyvillagetransport ).
(Photo credit American Gerbil Society)

05/09/2021

Happy Mother's Day!

03/20/2021

Bye, babies! These little ones are going to Midsummer Clan Gerbils in WV, thanks to My Bunny Village Transport.

03/17/2021

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Some gingers to celebrate St. Paddy's Day! Febe (Yellow Fox) and Fenna (Nutmeg) are sisters all the way from Gerbil Sassefras, in the Netherlands.