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Post by mothman on Oct 26, 2014 20:29:55 GMT -8
I'm using a sideways glass jar as a potty in our topper, and Pepper uses the jar as a potty (Joey hasn't learned to go into the topper yet), but Pepper also has a tendency, especially soon after I've cleaned the jar, to run into the jar, stick his face into the back of it, and then "run", with his feet slipping under him. It looks funny, and I can't think of any 'purpose' for it other than an exercise kind of thing, almost like a running wheel, but instead of a wheel, it's the slippery surface.
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Post by crittercrazy on Oct 27, 2014 6:44:29 GMT -8
Like he's trying to get through the glass? That's normal. None of my gerbils have jars, but once when they did they did the same thing. I'm pretty sure its something similar to the way they try to dig through the glass of the aquarium.
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Post by gerbillover9612 on Oct 27, 2014 7:22:07 GMT -8
My gerbils do that with a oil burner china thing thats in their cage, i heard that it was because their natural instincts in to burrow and make tunnels? even though in glass/china they wont get anywhere? xx
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Post by mothman on Oct 27, 2014 9:11:40 GMT -8
Yeah it's like he is trying to dig through the jar I guess. I just find it kind of interesting how he does it only in the jar... he doesn't do it on the glass walls of the aquarium.
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Post by gerbillover9612 on Oct 27, 2014 10:23:14 GMT -8
Ajj strange  i guess its good for wearing nails ;') xxx |
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Post by Jazzable on Oct 28, 2014 4:00:57 GMT -8
Burrowing against un-burrow-able surfaces is always funny.  I think they are most likely to burrow in places which narrow down or have an internal corner - like the corners of the tank, or the inside of a jar or pot like that. At least that's what mine always seem to do. |
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Post by ninestone on Oct 28, 2014 19:05:08 GMT -8
Yes, Caroline sometimes tries incessantly to dig through the back of the potty jar. Since she can't get any traction on the glass, she slips and slides all over the place too! I hardly ever see Kate do it though. Caroline also digs down and tries to dig through the bottom glass of the aquarium.
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Post by mothman on Oct 28, 2014 20:32:36 GMT -8
Funny creatures. lol
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i guess its good for wearing nails ;') xxx
I think they are most likely to burrow in places which narrow down or have an internal corner - like the corners of the tank, or the inside of a jar or pot like that. At least that's what mine always seem to do.