At 07:02 PM 8/8/00 -0400, ANDREA SPIEGLE wrote:
>Hi everyone, I'm a pretty new gerbil owner. I just got a pair a few days
>ago from a local pet store. One is mostly black with a little white
>under her chin and the other looks like pictures I've seen of a black
>pied. Anyway, I noticed that sometimes when they're in their can
>together (an empty peanut can they use as a nest area) that they'll
>squeak. I had gerbils a few years ago and I don't remember them ever
>squeaking. These gerbs are a lot younger though, could that be the
>reason? Why do gerbils squeak anyway? I've found info on thumping as a
>means of communication, buyt nothing about squeaking.
Hi Andrea, congrats on your new family members! Younger gerbils do squeak
more than adults, but I suspect what you are hearing is one gerbil grooming
the other. My gerbils squeak when they get groomed.
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