Gonebanhannahs
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Cavy Gazer
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Good evening, this is my first post so my apologies if I'm not doing this right.
I recently set up a 2x6 c&c cage and have brought home 4 females. I now realize this is the minimum size but they're still under a year old right now and small so I've got a little time to expand.
They're pet store piggies, and 3 were housed together in a tiny fish tank. Those 3 are getting along fine. A bit of dominant behavior from one but the other two are very submissive right now and its very tame.
There was another female piggy and she was all alone in her fish tank. Her ear is chewed up so I assume she's had a scuffle with previous cage mates. The pet store couldn't tell me much, but I brought them all home and put them in the same cage. I know I should have introduced them on the floor during some free roam time, but the cage is brand new and not already in use by any pigs, and their day was super traumatic being transported so I thought I was doing what's best by putting them in their new home to get comfortable. I feel so bad I didn't do all the steps properly but we're here now, I'm aggressively researching and I could use some advice.
The single female piggy is very aggressive and dominant with all 3 other pigs, and is constantly chasing and the other pigs are screaming and spraying urine. I've done hours and hours of research and I gave them 3 days together to sort of establish their hierarchy, but the more dominant of the 3 and the single piggy were chattering and lunging, still, no fights or blood so I left them to work it out.
Earlier this afternoon there was a scuffle and it was a flying ball of fur and noises, so I immediately separated them. Things are so calm and peaceful right now, the 3 are getting along fabulously and the single piggy isn't being aggressive.
I just ordered an extension to add on a 2x3 space to the 2x6. I don't want to return her to the pet store just because it's a little more tricky, especially because I don't want her to go back to the fish tank and possibly be paired with another bad match who could do more damage to her.
Will she be okay and not lonely in a 2x3 connected to the 2x6 where she can see and interact through the bars?
I recently set up a 2x6 c&c cage and have brought home 4 females. I now realize this is the minimum size but they're still under a year old right now and small so I've got a little time to expand.
They're pet store piggies, and 3 were housed together in a tiny fish tank. Those 3 are getting along fine. A bit of dominant behavior from one but the other two are very submissive right now and its very tame.
There was another female piggy and she was all alone in her fish tank. Her ear is chewed up so I assume she's had a scuffle with previous cage mates. The pet store couldn't tell me much, but I brought them all home and put them in the same cage. I know I should have introduced them on the floor during some free roam time, but the cage is brand new and not already in use by any pigs, and their day was super traumatic being transported so I thought I was doing what's best by putting them in their new home to get comfortable. I feel so bad I didn't do all the steps properly but we're here now, I'm aggressively researching and I could use some advice.
The single female piggy is very aggressive and dominant with all 3 other pigs, and is constantly chasing and the other pigs are screaming and spraying urine. I've done hours and hours of research and I gave them 3 days together to sort of establish their hierarchy, but the more dominant of the 3 and the single piggy were chattering and lunging, still, no fights or blood so I left them to work it out.
Earlier this afternoon there was a scuffle and it was a flying ball of fur and noises, so I immediately separated them. Things are so calm and peaceful right now, the 3 are getting along fabulously and the single piggy isn't being aggressive.
I just ordered an extension to add on a 2x3 space to the 2x6. I don't want to return her to the pet store just because it's a little more tricky, especially because I don't want her to go back to the fish tank and possibly be paired with another bad match who could do more damage to her.
Will she be okay and not lonely in a 2x3 connected to the 2x6 where she can see and interact through the bars?