Gerbil noises?

[KittyGurl]

Maybe Twilight is telling Ebony to leave her alone and not to mess with her right now. Do you seem to hear it anyother time? If not, maybe it's a warning. Hopefully nothing is wrong with Twilight. Can't wait to see some pics

[Miss Z]

Thanks, yes it does just seem to be when Ebony gets too boisterous. Alison (Blue_frog) very kindly found a website for me about gerbil health, and I found that Twilight's probably whining (apparently, yes, gerbils whine! ) I'm glad that it doesn't seem to be anything to do with her health.

[andriticus]

my two young female gerbils are making that same noise. I have heard them make the noise when they are grooming eachother and my older male gerbil just died today and I'm hearing that noise again.

[KittyGurl]

my two young female gerbils are making that same noise. I have heard them make the noise when they are grooming eachother and my older male gerbil just died today and I'm hearing that noise again.

I'm so sorry about your gerbil

[Vermontcat]

I wouldn't worry about it. It sounds like pretty normal gerbil behavior to me.
My two gerbils would wrestle each other or fight over food sometimes and complain like that.
I would just move them apart or offer them each a treat.
It's just typical sibling rivalry among gerbil sisters.