Hi Amy !
That's PERFECTLY normal behaviour , especially for youger gerbils !
Sometimes they act like they were hit by thunder !
...But it looks cute in its strange way :-) !
Enjoy !
Dejan & Nives
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy C.K.Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Wild behavior
> Hi Christina,
>
> I'm a new gerbil owner too and started with my two males at about six
weeks old. They did a lot of "strange" behavior too, but they're completely
normal. Don't worry, yours are being typical silly things.
>
> Amy
> The Jeu-jeu Gerbils
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> On Sun, 10 June 2001, Blue wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently got a pair of male gerbils -- They've been
> > typical gerbils, digging, eating, playing and
> > sleeping.
> >
> > However, both of them will suddenly dash into the den,
> > out, in, zip around, dig frantically in the corner,
> > kick back their hind legs, zip into the den, out, then
> > like settle down to groom or eat.
> >
> > Is this normal? These are fairly young gerbils, about
> > 5-6 weeks, I believe.. They also "play-fight" a lot.
> >
> > Thanks for any insight or reassurance to a new gerbil
> > food-provider and servant. :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Christina
> >
> >
> >
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