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01-17-05, 11:19 am
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I had finally decided to put my two boys together yesterday, because I was cleaning out their cage, so I figured why not try again? Well, I did the buddy bath, and they're perfectly civil outside of the cage and in my arms, floortime, etc., but the problem was they hated each other in the cage. Well, I gave them a bath, rearranged furniture, etc. and finally put them together. Turns out, they're both stubborn little piggers, and they don't like giving up their space, so they had a spat or two, had nose-offs, mounting contests, and rumblestruts galore, when finally they both got so tuckered out that they both fell asleep next to each other. Well, I decided to chance leaving them together for the night, after being with them for about eight hours. Well, this morning I went down stairs to see them both eating next to each other and being completely tame. They still rumblestrut and chase each other a bit, but I expect this will calm down in the next week. Does all of this sound normal?       |
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01-17-05, 11:52 am
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Sounds good to me , congrats! |
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01-17-05, 01:59 pm
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deffinately sounds normal..The same sort of thing happend with me as well. I finaly built a really big new cage so it didn't smell like one of them, and washed all the dishes etc...and when i put them together, they had a couple little stand offs, but calmed down after a couple days, and they couldn't be separated now. glad to hear things worked out!!! |
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01-18-05, 03:25 pm
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Doc, I'm eager to find out how your two fellas are getting along, since you gave them the buddy bath two days ago? Give us an update! |
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01-18-05, 03:29 pm
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Yay, uber cool, Doc! Wow, I sound like a 70's person, hehe. |
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01-18-05, 04:25 pm
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Well, they have their bouts of 'get out of my territory', but it's been two days and no one has sufferened any bites, so I think it'll turn out good, especially since Pippin will probably calm down after puberty. They're fine eating next to each other, and I've even caught them cuddling once or twice! |
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#7
01-18-05, 04:54 pm
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Congratulations on your daring perseverance! |
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01-19-05, 03:33 am
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Good job!!! |
