Jumping Gerbils!

[RitzieAnn]

Um... my gerbils randomly decided to start jumping. It's hillarious. It doesn't matter if they have cardboard and a wheel, and bedding to dig in... one night they just decided to JUMP. NOT thump... definately Jumping it was! Like 4 of them, all at once, in the middle of the night.... all from different cages. Any thoughts?

Also, I"m thinking that Pheonix is due soon. Funny, I've never actually seen them try to mate... but she's shaped sorta funny in the belly, and she's acting weird, and every thime I hold her, Jason FULLY inspects her when I put her back. Keebler did that with Ritzie.) She is also jumping. FUnny too, because she's fat, and sometimes falls. She's always moving now. She hardly just sits. Anxiety? Discomfort? I guess so. She looks pregnant, but at this point, she could just be a chubby gerbil

[whitmoregirl]

Mine do that - "PLAY WITH ME PLAY WITH ME!!!"
Kinda scary when you're trying to fiddle around in a cage (Totty's) and suddenly all four leap onto your arm like leaping lizards - especially when the biter is there too!!
When Gracie was pregnant she used to jump about too - I made her stop though because I was worried she'd hurt herself or the pups.

[ashgerbil]

the girls go really hyper in the evenings and bounce around the cage like crazy ;D Suki will also jump over 1/2 a metre to jump onto you, only to jump back into the tank again straight away! ;D
Rufus is into jumping down atm, even if he's over a metre off the ground, he just doesn't have a sense of danger at all! mebbe it's something to do with him having red eyes (poor eyesight and all)? because Felix never does it, or mebbe Rufus is just a bit crazy! ;D lol

[AndreaS15]

When I open teh door to teh gerbil room and there are awake gerbils I have a few anks with gerbils jumping up the side of the glass at me 'Let me out, play with me!".
When lexus had litter #2, she sued to pick up the small blin baby and try and 'bring it to me', up my arm!
I freaked, and stopped putting my hand in teh cage so she wasn't able to climb it anymore, she didn't like that and would start jumping WITH the baby in her mouth!
Talk about heart attack... lol She did finally get over that (think the babies got to fat lol).

Oh and Malibu taught herself to jump out of her bin this week LOL....

[RitzieAnn]

poor Pheonix... she's jumping sooo hard. She wants out so bad! But not to be held... just to go someplace! This fat little pregnant gerbil jumping up and down... Gosh Andrea, I hope Pheonix doesn't jump with babies in her mouth!! EEEK!!