Sondra Dorsey wrote:
> My female gerbil sometimes makes this odd chirping
> noise. It doesn't sound like a typical gerbil squeak,
> but a muffled bird chirp. She doesn't do it all the
> time, only once in a while, so it seems intentional
> rather than unconscious. She'll do it "at" things
> sometimes...right after you put her down, if she bumps
> into her cage mate, etc.
>
> Any thoughts? I know that a repiratory infection is
> indicated by clicking sounds, but I have never heard
> those and don't know whether what I am hearing might
> actually be clicking.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Sondra
>
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Some gerbils are, I think, just more vocal than others. I have a couple
that will "chirp" at me when they want attention. Usually it's when
they're excited though. I think I hear it most from my "singles"
sniffing around on my shirt after I've been handling other gerbils. :)
If it sounds like a bird chirp I wouldn't worry, clicking sounds quite
different.
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