Daina91880
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Well, one is fighting and the other is wondering what she did wrong. *sigh*
Earlier tonight, Cissy kept going after Bella: charging her, sitting up and boxing her, nipping at her, grunting at her, humping her. I seperated them in the cage and she stopped for a while. I gave them each a blue cloud rock near each other and they were fine, even chewing the same rock and rolling together. I gave them their dust bath and they climbed in together. No problems. A little while later, Cissy started with Bella again. I took them out for shared playtime, trying to get them on more neutral grounds, but that didn't help. I finaly resigned myself to that fact that they will have to be seperated.
Since their FN was recently opened up to make one big cage, I had to get an one of my extra full sized pans and seperate my boy's FN into two for the night, blocking the corner hole. I weighted it down in the corners with granite tiles as an extra precaution. Now Cissy is camping in there for the night until I figure out what my next move is.
They seem to miss each other. They both keep coming up to the front of the cage, looking for each other, but I'm afraid the split may be permanent and it breaks my heart. Now I'll have 3 single chins
So now I need some advice. I've had the girls less than a year, but they were bonded and five years old when I adopted them. Is there a chance I can put them back together tomorrow night? How should I try it? I was thinking about doing playtime together and seeing how they get along. A few months ago, Cissy had humped Bella all night, but it was one night and she never did it again. Was that the start of this, or is there a chance that this was like that, a one time thing?
I'm heartbroken about splitting them up, but I don't want either of them to get hurt or worse. I know this sometimes happens that they turn on each other, and there's no explaination, but I guess I just hope they an be friends again. I also feel bad that they had 2 stories to spread out in and now it's looking like I have to put them in smaller quarters because I don't have the space in my home for another 2 story cage. The only thing I can think to do is build up and put the girls side by side in 2 story FNs on top, and have the lower third levels opened on the sides for my little guy to have 2 levels of horizontal space. But would they fight through the cage bars then? Would I have to hang fleece between them? And if anyone knows how to connect FN's side by side, I could use that info for future reference.
Ugh, this is all so stressful. My head is spinning.
Thanks for the advice
Earlier tonight, Cissy kept going after Bella: charging her, sitting up and boxing her, nipping at her, grunting at her, humping her. I seperated them in the cage and she stopped for a while. I gave them each a blue cloud rock near each other and they were fine, even chewing the same rock and rolling together. I gave them their dust bath and they climbed in together. No problems. A little while later, Cissy started with Bella again. I took them out for shared playtime, trying to get them on more neutral grounds, but that didn't help. I finaly resigned myself to that fact that they will have to be seperated.
Since their FN was recently opened up to make one big cage, I had to get an one of my extra full sized pans and seperate my boy's FN into two for the night, blocking the corner hole. I weighted it down in the corners with granite tiles as an extra precaution. Now Cissy is camping in there for the night until I figure out what my next move is.
They seem to miss each other. They both keep coming up to the front of the cage, looking for each other, but I'm afraid the split may be permanent and it breaks my heart. Now I'll have 3 single chins
So now I need some advice. I've had the girls less than a year, but they were bonded and five years old when I adopted them. Is there a chance I can put them back together tomorrow night? How should I try it? I was thinking about doing playtime together and seeing how they get along. A few months ago, Cissy had humped Bella all night, but it was one night and she never did it again. Was that the start of this, or is there a chance that this was like that, a one time thing?
I'm heartbroken about splitting them up, but I don't want either of them to get hurt or worse. I know this sometimes happens that they turn on each other, and there's no explaination, but I guess I just hope they an be friends again. I also feel bad that they had 2 stories to spread out in and now it's looking like I have to put them in smaller quarters because I don't have the space in my home for another 2 story cage. The only thing I can think to do is build up and put the girls side by side in 2 story FNs on top, and have the lower third levels opened on the sides for my little guy to have 2 levels of horizontal space. But would they fight through the cage bars then? Would I have to hang fleece between them? And if anyone knows how to connect FN's side by side, I could use that info for future reference.
Ugh, this is all so stressful. My head is spinning.
Thanks for the advice
