My female will do this as well. She will puff up and appear fluffy, or
bigger. Has nothing to do with pregnancy either because she is alone.
The only connection I can make is temperature. It seems she will do this
mainly when it is a little cooler. Which kind of make sense, if you
think about goosebumps in humans, the bumps raise the hair to trap in
heat, maybe gerbils have a similar method. This is no where near a 100%
accurate answer, just my observation and hypothesis.
~Katie
On Wed, 9 May 2001 19:32:54 -0700 Jodie Votava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My gerbil (a female) does this sometimes too. She sort of puffs up
> her fur and then looks much bigger, then a few days later she'll
> return to normal. I have no idea why though, and it has nothing to
> do with pregnancy because she is alone...
>
> --Jodie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Little Timbit"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed May 09 18:13:40 PDT 2001
> Subject: Re: Timbit?
>
> >He (she) doesn't seem to have and he seems to be quite a bit fatter
> then
> >before but he also fluffs up his fur then return to normal? He
> does this
> >over and over and it's quite strange. When I picked him up his fur
> was down
> >and silky but when I put him down he made his hair seem to stand on
> end and
> >became this ball of fur..
> >
> >
> >>From: "Deb Rebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: "Little Timbit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Subject: Re: Timbit?
> >>Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 19:00:02 -0600
> >>
> >> >Well the thing is the Timbit was supposed to be a boy but even
> on the
> >>form
> >> >of the pet store said that there is no guaranty of sex so he may
> be a
> >>she.
> >> >It did seem to have suddenly but maybe I just didn't notess in
> till now.
> >>He
> >> >seems very fluffy (or fat I can't tell) but his fur isn't dull
> or
> >>disheveled
> >> >and is soft and nice. There is also no clicking sound. So
> could he
> >>(she)
> >> >very well be pregnant? Or could it still be something else?
> >>
> >>
> >>If she will let you pick her up, do so gently and examine her
> stomach
> >>for distended nipples...a double row running down the stomach.
> >>
> >>If that's the case, it's a she and she's about to deliver is my
> guess.
> >>
> >
>
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