Caroline Hussey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >I've had two female gerbils together since June 8th, 2001. Just today I >noticed the bigger one chasing the smaller one around their tank. Then the >bigger one would climb on top of the smaller one and they'd freeze like that, >then the smaller one would run away. But if the smaller one tried to do this >to the bigger one; the bigger one would flip over to knock her off. This >kept going on untill I would move and then they'd act normal, but as soon as >I walked away from the tank they'd start it again. I have no idea what >they're doing, so could someone tell me what's going on. > >Thanks, >Caroline
Sounds like dominance marking to me. -- Julian [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Gerbil Society http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
