I didn't want to call it too early but the gerbils survived my two week vigil and you've hardly know that Buddy (right) started that time in such dire straits that I had to be given instructions on how to beat dispose of him (plot picked out in the garden after my brother vetoed putting him in a ziplock bag and freezing him):

I mean, he was being a complete sex pest by the time I left but I've explained it to him, so if he gets cancelled it's his own fault.