Tap Dancing Gerbil

We have two gerbils named "Head" and "Boot". (Don't ask...) They both do this mysterious thumping thing but "Head" is more into it than "Boot". We're hoping they're both males as we were promised by the pet store, but we're not sure...I never thought I'd get any footage of his thumping because he usually does it at night, but on Christmas Day 2011, I got lucky. I hope it's not too boring...I think it's hilarious and fascinating. I really had to concentrate to keep from laughing and moving the camera.

Created on December 25, 2011 using FlipShare.

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Pets & Animals

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• gene
• burnett
• gerbil
• tap
• dancing
• thumping
• cute
• rodents
• ashland
• oregon
• christmas
• mysterious
• mystery
• nature

[mashpotatoiz]

hes not tap dancing!!! hes scared...

[GeneBurnett]

@mashpotatoiz I was just joking...I've heard that explanation for this thumping behavior, but there was no danger of any kind present and he didn't seem alarmed in any way...I've also heard that they thump when they're horny...He went through a phase of doing this fairly regularly for about 2 weeks and then not at all since...

[meercatdave01]

i make gerbil videos that i think you might like :)

[hoosierhiver]

They are waiting for the music to start