Hi everyone,
My two boars, Pepper and Paprika, are about the same age. We re-introduced them successfully this past weekend (following the livejournal guide) and they both seemed to get along okay in the new, larger cage. There were small fights here and there, but no one launched themselves at the other. I figured Paprika was the dominant one, although occasionally Pepper would chatter back.
Today, I noticed Paprika wouldn't stop chasing Pepper around the cage and at one point, it escalated into fighting. No blood was drawn, thankfully. After that happened it t seemed like Paprika would just come over and eat whatever Pepper was eating even though it was the same exact thing! There are 2 of everything in the cage: water bottles, tunnel to hide/sleep in, food bowls. This has been going on for a few hours and I thought it was because they were hungry, but it happened even when I gave them more food.
I ended up taking the top of old cage and putting it in the center of the current one. They can still see and smell each other but I thought it would be good for them to settle down and relax a little bit, especially poor Pepper. I plan on removing it after a few hours. Right now they're both happily eating eating hay, and have settled down in their individual tunnels.
Did I do the right thing? My bf thinks I should have just let them duke it out, but I was worried that it kept going for a few hours!
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!
My two boars, Pepper and Paprika, are about the same age. We re-introduced them successfully this past weekend (following the livejournal guide) and they both seemed to get along okay in the new, larger cage. There were small fights here and there, but no one launched themselves at the other. I figured Paprika was the dominant one, although occasionally Pepper would chatter back.
Today, I noticed Paprika wouldn't stop chasing Pepper around the cage and at one point, it escalated into fighting. No blood was drawn, thankfully. After that happened it t seemed like Paprika would just come over and eat whatever Pepper was eating even though it was the same exact thing! There are 2 of everything in the cage: water bottles, tunnel to hide/sleep in, food bowls. This has been going on for a few hours and I thought it was because they were hungry, but it happened even when I gave them more food.
I ended up taking the top of old cage and putting it in the center of the current one. They can still see and smell each other but I thought it would be good for them to settle down and relax a little bit, especially poor Pepper. I plan on removing it after a few hours. Right now they're both happily eating eating hay, and have settled down in their individual tunnels.
Did I do the right thing? My bf thinks I should have just let them duke it out, but I was worried that it kept going for a few hours!
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!