This thread made me giggle, cos last week I told my hubby that I want to have a gerbil rescue one day and he wasn't that keen (mainly cos we don't have space at the moment). But then he realised he's put a biro in his back pocket and it had leaked all over our sofa. He was mortified and said "if you can get the pen off the sofa for me you can have your gerbil rescue!" Needless to say the sofa was spotless by the time he got home from work

But seriously, I think you'd need to talk about this properly - my OH takes an active part in looking after the rabbit and is very accepting of the gerbils (he doesn't get them out cos he's scared of losing them!). IMO the decision about whether to have pets is almost as important as whether you are going to have children, and if one of you really doesn't want them and the other really does that's a major compatibility issue. Hope you get things sorted out soon x

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My furry family:
Clover the one-eyed bunny
Badger the gerbil

And the newest one, Maisie the poorly gerbil

Remembering many many gerbils, budgies, hamsters and one very special guinea pig