tristanichole
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Awhile back I was looking for a new friend for my male Boo since his son died. I decided on a 3 year old Ebony male for him - I wasn't sure that it would work out because they were both adults...Boo is just about 7 years old.
They went through introductions outside of the cage and it would go really well for about 10 minutes, and then fur would fly and chasing would start, a few times Tucker (the Ebony) would get into a dominance stance, thrust his little hips, and spray at Boo (I didn't know males could spray anything, but he sure did). There was mounting from both of them and just a lot on nonsense. A few times I tried them in the same cage and it would go well and then the chasing would start. Boo would go in his hanging fleece tube and Tucker would get so frustrated trying to get at him...pacing back and forth. Finally I gave up on it for about a week and a half. I had split the cage in half and left just enough of a crack so that they could touch noses, smell each other, all that. Some kacking went on, quite a few times they were both going nuts trying to get at each other. Finally a day went by when they didn't yell at each other, didn't try to get at each other, just smelled each other and talked. Then another day, and another, until finally a week passed without any arguing. I separated the block and made the cage into one...then I sat and waited to see what would happen. They calmly bounced around with each other and then they started grooming each other.
From then on, that was it. Now they are best buds. They sleep in the hut together, they play together, nap together. They groom each other from nose to tail and they are both so happy. SO AM I!
Tucker is so great. He loves scritches, he'll throw his head and little arm back and put a big smile on his face. He likes to have them every night.
And now for pictures!
They went through introductions outside of the cage and it would go really well for about 10 minutes, and then fur would fly and chasing would start, a few times Tucker (the Ebony) would get into a dominance stance, thrust his little hips, and spray at Boo (I didn't know males could spray anything, but he sure did). There was mounting from both of them and just a lot on nonsense. A few times I tried them in the same cage and it would go well and then the chasing would start. Boo would go in his hanging fleece tube and Tucker would get so frustrated trying to get at him...pacing back and forth. Finally I gave up on it for about a week and a half. I had split the cage in half and left just enough of a crack so that they could touch noses, smell each other, all that. Some kacking went on, quite a few times they were both going nuts trying to get at each other. Finally a day went by when they didn't yell at each other, didn't try to get at each other, just smelled each other and talked. Then another day, and another, until finally a week passed without any arguing. I separated the block and made the cage into one...then I sat and waited to see what would happen. They calmly bounced around with each other and then they started grooming each other.
From then on, that was it. Now they are best buds. They sleep in the hut together, they play together, nap together. They groom each other from nose to tail and they are both so happy. SO AM I!
Tucker is so great. He loves scritches, he'll throw his head and little arm back and put a big smile on his face. He likes to have them every night.
And now for pictures!
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