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Cavy Gazer
- Joined
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- Joined
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Hi! I just joined and am looking for advice. My boyfriend and I have six piggies! (I got a pair from some clueless college boys and long story short one of them was pregnant.)
We have 3 females who get along great and three males who have recently started being fairly aggressive towards each other. I'm certain the aggression is stemming from the two "babies" entering puberty. No idea how old Dad is but I would guess he's younger than two. The boys have had access to/lived with Dad since day one. Males and females were separated when boys were about 3wks old. I haven't seen any blood but their behavior seems to be more than just normal dominance stuff. Most of it's coming from dad.
All of the piggies are in a very large four story cage. Top two stories for the girls and lower two stories for the boys. Dad is currently on his own floor with the ramp blocked so he can't get to the younger boys.
I hate having to separate them like that (although they don't seem to mind), and i'm not sure it's actually helping anything. How do I know if a permanent separation is necessary?
The boys are about 6 months old.
Any advice or recommendations would be great!
(I'll post pictures and names below! We love our sweet piggies even if they do cause some stress from time to time!)
We have 3 females who get along great and three males who have recently started being fairly aggressive towards each other. I'm certain the aggression is stemming from the two "babies" entering puberty. No idea how old Dad is but I would guess he's younger than two. The boys have had access to/lived with Dad since day one. Males and females were separated when boys were about 3wks old. I haven't seen any blood but their behavior seems to be more than just normal dominance stuff. Most of it's coming from dad.
All of the piggies are in a very large four story cage. Top two stories for the girls and lower two stories for the boys. Dad is currently on his own floor with the ramp blocked so he can't get to the younger boys.
I hate having to separate them like that (although they don't seem to mind), and i'm not sure it's actually helping anything. How do I know if a permanent separation is necessary?
The boys are about 6 months old.
Any advice or recommendations would be great!
(I'll post pictures and names below! We love our sweet piggies even if they do cause some stress from time to time!)
