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 -- /\_/\ (>"<) (")_(").:*""*:.ERI.:*""*:. [Posted in FML 5894]