Our gerbil Big would "purr" when held and patted around the ears. He was
quite tame. The purring seemed in fact to consist of a little throat noise
and also a peaceful grinding of teeth, which I have noticed gerb engaging in
when they are preparing to sleep. I suppose this grinding could be quite
loud?
-----Original Message-----
From: Tana Lyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: can gerbils purr?
At 07:18 PM 6/20/00 -0400, Donna Anastasi wrote:
>A woman with whom I place a very people oriented/friendly female gerbil
>pair now tells me that one of them is purring. She likes to hold the
>gerbil while she is watching TV and says that the sound of the purring
>is so loud that everyone in the room can hear it. Is this possible?
I believe they do. Sometimes when I have one of mine on my shoulder or arm
I can feel a vibration coming from them. It usually happens when they are
excited. Happy-excited, not nervous-excited. Never loud enough to hear
though, hers must be especially vocal!
Tana and The Little Rascals
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