Whitmoregirl's Wombles

Click randomly to drop food pellets, and click the centre of the wheel to get him running!

I love watching my young’uns when they playfight, it’s so endearing to see them wrestle and box with one another, and ping around their tank looking for another playmate when one runs off!

This is a photo of Pandora and Izzie getting sprightly whilst having playtime!

And I also managed to get a video of them getting bolshy to one another!

Play fighting isn’t all just for fun though; this is how young gerbils establish their pecking order. By watching your gerbils play-fight as pups, and later on, seeing how they interact together when sleeping, grooming etc, you get to know who the dominant male or female in the group is.

Adults will also occasionally play fight but this isn’t as common as pups playing. Never confuse your gerbils fighting for play when it may be serious! A play fight will be easy to interrupt, and often involves the gerbils grooming one another in between boxing bouts, whilst during a serious fight the gerbils will completely ignore you and may bite you in confusion if you attempt to intervene. This is why we always encourage owners to wear or to have handy some thick gloves when introducing gerbils or breaking up a ball fight.

There is a video of a ball fight, as well as more play fighting videos, on eGerbil’s behaviour page.

It’s been scorching here in Ole Blighty, so what better weather than to put the gerbils onto the grass and take a much needed update of photos? I got photos of all but Ob and his gang; typically, it started to rain, which is why Mya & Lottie’s photos are from inside the house in their tank.
If you click on the photos you’ll get a larger image.

I haven’t posted on here in a while, so my grovelling apologies to the webmaster (and to anybody that actually does read this tripe), but I’ve been worked to hell and am still currently waiting to return.
Once things settle at work I’ll be able to blog and take photos more often, honest!