Is chuckling or dooking known to be anything but a sound expressing
happiness, a desire to play, joy, etc.?

In my experience, it has always been a "happy" sound, expressing
playfulness.

I'm curious, though, because I have a new girl -- she's about two years
old -- that I just introduced to my 3+-year-olds. While overall things
are going great, the little girl -- Kitty -- has a tendency to scream
like a banshee when one of the two males, Indy, crawls into her
hammock. At first I was concerned, thinking that perhaps he was being a
bit aggressive, since he's sort of the Alpha Male...but now I've come
to realize that most of the time, he's dooking and chuckling while
she's squeaking and shrieking. I honestly now think that she's just
very vocal, perhaps rather territorial -- i.e., if she's in a hammy
alone, she wants to BE alone, whereas if she wants to snuggle, she
piles into the same hammy/cube with everyone else and has no problem
sharing.

I have seen no signs that Indy is being aggressive, mean, or pushy in
any way -- he seems to be wanting to play, or at least cuddle, and
isn't used to one of his siblings NOT wanting to (my group is a chummy
bunch).

Opinions? Thoughts?

~Eri in TX

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