Dejan Pavlovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Hi everyone !
> I know why they thump and I make difference between excitment and
> "danger" thumping . I want to know what you people do when they are
> thumping (danger).
> Our Maggie could sometimes start thumping without any reason - she
> is out playing with us , noone new came , no new smells , no sudden
> moves ... but she just does it .
> When our Gerbils are thumping we always come to them giving them
> hand to smell it and talk to them .Sometimes they settle down , but
> sometimes they run away and hide (sometimes they continue thumping
> from inside the tube or house - but this is really rare)... So what
> do you think is better - leave them alone or come to them ?
> Enjoy !
> Dejan & Nives
That sort of thumping is due to nervousness. I think it is probably best
to leave them alone until they calm down.
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Julian
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