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Post by andersonesp on Jan 9, 2011 17:14:21 GMT
One of my degus called Taz makes a really strange sound whenever i go near the cage he seems to run to the closest point to where i'm standing and makes a sort of loud "werrr werrr" sound it does sound quite hostile or over excited but he doesn't bite and seems to like to be handled :S does this happen with your degus?
can anybody give me some advice as i'm confused as to what this means. if it helps i can record the sound and let you hear it.
any help would be great thanks :]
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Post by degus123 on Jan 9, 2011 18:16:46 GMT
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Post by andersonesp on Jan 9, 2011 19:08:15 GMT
Nope i checked on there and it doesn't sound like any of them :/
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Post by nickymills30 on Jan 9, 2011 19:10:29 GMT
yes please, record the sound, so we can have a listen xx
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Post by smux on Jan 9, 2011 19:28:33 GMT
"werr" doesn't sound to me like any sound...you could video it and put it on youtube. I am guessing though that it is more a defensive grr sound when you go near him, and this is a sound I have heard often with Gizmo and I've mentioned it here before...Quality is low, but you can hear the "growl" at the end of this video...
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Post by andersonesp on Jan 9, 2011 19:33:36 GMT
thats pretty much what Taz sounds like.
Do you know why you degu does this?
Thanks :]
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Post by nickymills30 on Jan 9, 2011 19:39:59 GMT
my goos have done this when my cats or dogs go near their cage, and i;ve also herd it when my boys are boxing, so don't think its a good noise x
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Post by smux on Jan 9, 2011 19:41:32 GMT
It's defensive, that's about all we know of the sound. It's kinda a "don't bug me!" sound, Gizmo does it when I try to tickle him sometimes although if I open the cage he'll happily come out and see me so it's like he just doesn't like being interacted with through the cage.
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Post by chrissy01 on Jan 9, 2011 19:46:04 GMT
charlie makes that sound when the cats at her cage she will also jump at the cat while makeing that noise
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Post by Kat on Jan 9, 2011 20:38:12 GMT
My boy Scrat does this if I go to close to him when hes eating. I think is sounds like and old radio being tuned in.
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Post by Whizz on Jan 9, 2011 20:39:50 GMT
Mine often make that noise when another one is bugging them or trying to fight. I think of it as a 'Hey! Back off and leave me alone!' sort of gesture. Definitely defensive  haha |
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Post by andersonesp on Jan 10, 2011 14:50:19 GMT
He only seems to do it when he's in the cage, but always does it when he looks like he's trying to communicate in some way. i guess he's just being moody it's a funny sound...sounds like a broken car alarm...a very broken car alarm ahaha. Thanks for your answers.:] |
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Post by whizzer27 on Jan 11, 2011 19:01:24 GMT
My two boys do it to each other when they annoy each other or if they see the other one out the cage and ones still in they'll almost defend the boundries of the cage by making this noise and a loud squeek! I take it as grumpy too lol
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Post by malteser60 on Jan 11, 2011 20:20:42 GMT
That's the annoyed sound! Mine do it all the time when, say, one of them has a toy, or something in it's mouth and the other one goes near her. She'll do that growly sound as if to say, oi, back off! Sometimes accompinied by the ass shuffle (i.e. shuffling round so she's got her back to the one annoying her).
I'm no expert but from what I can gather that's basically a warning sound, so that the degu doing the noise is telling the other one not too come any closer if they value their health.
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haha
