Is my gerbil suppose to do this? PLEASE HELP!!!

[elleymaeahs]

One of my gerbils seemed to be having some sort of a fit. I do have a video but it doesn't seem I can upload it into here.

It is running about as normal but the suddenly stops and then it's back feet jumps up and down a few times and then goes back to how it was acting beforehand. I know they can have epilepsy but I'm not too sure if this is normal. HELP PLEASE!!!

[ninestone]

You can't post videos or pictures directly on The Gerbil Forum. You have to put them somewhere else and put a link in your post. For example, all my pics, including my Avatar are on Dropbox.

From your description I'm not sure if your gerbil is have a seizure. Normally that affects the whole body. Is he just thumping his back feet? Gerbils do this normally to warn of predators or other dangers.

[betty]

Yes, we need a video really as it could just be normal thumping - mine sometimes seem to just thump their back legs without moving the rest of their body when they think they saw something worth warning the others about - like a bird overhead.

Seizures come in all sorts of different guiles from simple nose twitching and standing totally still, to more obvious signs.