Actually, I just figured it out last night. My gerbils sit in the
same room as my computer. The system sound settings I have make a
VERY similar "gerbil warning thump" kind of sound - though I never
realized it before.
I was playing around with Adobe Photoshop last night, and was
scrolling through the different options. Then I heard the pups start
to thump. When I stopped, they would gradually stop as well. :) It's
kinda cute really. Mom and dad seem to know better, but I guess since
the pups are young and perhaps more sensitive to sound than their
parents, they respond to the noise on the computer. *L*
-Jackie
Oh, and they're 3 weeks old.
>How old? At 4-5 weeks they get super sensitive to
>stimulation and thump alot. Or maybe they just have
>figured out how to do it and it's fun? Donna
>--- Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The most curious thing just happened while I was
>> sitting here
>> catching up on emails.
>>
>> Nothing had changed in my stance, or anything else
>> in the room for
>> that matter, when I suddenly heard one of the little
>> pups, "Kinky" as
>> I call her, for the kink in her tail, started
>> thumping her feet. One
>> of her brothers picked it up, as well as one of her
>> sisters. The
>> funny thing is, while Kinky was thumping, she was
>> going about her
>> normal business (nosing in the food bowl, seeing
>> what her brothers
>> and sisters are up to, etc.) while the other two
>> seemed to think
>> there was actually some reason to be thumping their
>> feet. I'm
>> assuming Kinky was just testing out her legs - just
>> as a young child
>> will stomp around the house for no other reason than
>> the novelty of
>> it. :) The others must have gotten confused, and
>> thought there was
>> something to be scared of, for they took to the
>> corners and stayed
>> still while still thumping.
>>
>> Of course, mom and dad and the other 3 more sensible
>> pups knew there
>> was nothing to be bothered about, and didn't seem to
>> react at all to
>> the goings on. And of course, once Kinky finally
>> stopped, the others
>> did too.
>>
>> I just found this all terribly amusing, and wanted
>> to share. :)
>>
>> I also find it quite funny when one of the agouti
>> pups (I honestly
>> can't tell them all apart at this age, but I think
>> it's one of the
>> same ones that took up the thumping) tends to sort
>> of 'jerk' around
>> the tank.... or maybe 'blink' is the right word.
>> It's like first
>> she's here, then suddenly she's HERE, with no
>> obvious stage in
>> between. Perhaps she has stumbled upon a way to
>> travel through space
>> without that hindering factor called "Time". :)
>>
>> Just wanted to share. That's all!
>>
>> -Jackie & The (soon to be broken up) Copper Dragon
>Clan
>
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