Furry Friend

It's not everyday you get woken up from a nice afternoon nap with this...

"There is a HUGE rat in the bathroom."

Unfortunately, that's how I was woken up yesterday.  Apparently Kyle walked into the bathroom and a creature jumped off the toilet and ran to hide behind it.  Kyle backed up slowing eying the beast that kept peeking it's head around the toilet and then running back to hide.  He reached into the linen closet grabbed and old towel and quickly closed the bathroom door and shoved the towel under the door.  Done.  It's trapped.  Now what?

I guess that's when he came and woke me up...

Neither of us were going near that door.  We called our Landlords and after a few moments Stan came down all decked out in a over-sized jacket and gloves.   He brought with him a trash can and lid.  This guy was serious.  Stan walked right up to the door and banged to scare the rat away.  He opened the door and jumped right in the room with the animal.  Kyle and I exchanged glances.  This guy was crazy!  Soon enough Stan came backed out. 

The Good News:  It's not a rat. It appeared to be a gerbil and with a quick Google search that was confirmed.

The Bad News: How in the world did a gerbil get into our house?! 

He may look innocent... But don't be fooled. 

We are still clueless as to where this furry friend came from.  We assume it has to be someone's pet...but who's?  Stan assured us he was going for a long drive and that the gerbil would not be anywhere near our neighborhood.  

So...anyone lose their pet gerbil?