ANDREA SPIEGLE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
They do squeak, but a lot of it is outside the usual range of human
hearing. Maybe your gerbils are squeaking at a lower frequency than
normal for some reason.
When gerbils squeak in ways human hear it is usually because they are
pups, they are in serious pain, or they are fighting. IF none of these
apply, and they probably don't, I have no real idea. Sorry.
--
Julian
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