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Post by cocospiggysmommy on Jul 27, 2005 7:30:54 GMT
Thank you Teebers I will remember that and have my dust pan ready....Now does this mean I can use it on the kids when they get into a fight??? I kinda figured it would be but even if they can't "live" together I would like for them to be socialble during play times and such. We are going to be taking them to a piggie party next month and would love to be able to show them off to some friends and everything. Heading to bed now will respond later.
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Post by Teebers on Jul 27, 2005 7:41:52 GMT
I think it's fairly clear cut in my experience - once a group has been broken up the introductions and dominance behaviours tend to start back up from square one again. Although I am not sure how a permeable separator such as the one you are using would affect this, I would think think that it would be wise to either go and have a dig at them all properly living together or just leave them separate as they are. If they aren't living together a social play time is likely to be prefaced with teeth chattering and mounting, perhaps a bit of fighting as they all sort each other out once more, no matter how many times they've been introduced before. Good night though!
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Post by cocospiggysmommy on Jul 28, 2005 3:34:51 GMT
Well everything is going good so far. We have had a few rumbles and things had my dust pan ready. But they have been together for over 12 hrs and are doing fine it seems. I gave them a bunch of hay and they all sat around and ate together. We redid the cage to where its one solid one and are working on finishing the top layer. The only thing we are having to deal with right now is Piggy and Blake deciding who is the top piggie of the cage. So far it looks like Blake is winning. But there have been no serious fighting or anything like that. I think with the separator that we had it did work to let them sniff at each other and see each other before we put them together.
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Post by Teebers on Jul 28, 2005 11:04:26 GMT
Aw, fantastic!! Well done, I'm so glad it all went so smoothly.
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Post by Jemima on Jul 28, 2005 12:41:26 GMT
I currently have three males living together. An older male (about 6 months) and 2 brothers, a month and a half. It has gone great, he treats them like a dad. He's very protective of them and makes noises for them if we remove them first.
From reading this, though, at what age do they 'come of age' where I'll have to watch them more closely? Is this the calm before the storm?
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Post by skipperdoo on Jul 28, 2005 15:08:17 GMT
From reading this, though, at what age do they 'come of age' where I'll have to watch them more closely? Is this the calm before the storm? Possibly. Be prepared in case something does happen. I'm waiting to see what will happen with the four that I have together. It will not be the adult in my group who will create the problems.
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Post by cocospiggysmommy on Jul 28, 2005 17:35:17 GMT
Well its day 2 now and all seems well. We are still trying to figure out who is top piggie but that will come out over time. They love veggie and play time together and last night I have 4 of the wheeking at me. I swear they are noisier than the kids are...lol But I think everything will be ok.
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Post by Clover on Jul 29, 2005 6:54:10 GMT
That is great news cocospiggysmommy and yes when piggies reach the high notes they can be louder than kids lol
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Post by Josie on Jul 29, 2005 7:50:41 GMT
Oh thats fantastic. ;D I read that when baby boys are separated from mum you put them with dad for a bit to teach them some manners, is that right?
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Post by skipperdoo on Jul 30, 2005 2:11:40 GMT
I read that when baby boys are separated from mum you put them with dad for a bit to teach them some manners, is that right? No sure about that. Mr. Miyagi was more interested in the fact that they smelled like their mother.
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Post by cocospiggysmommy on Jul 30, 2005 6:22:20 GMT
Well today hasn't gone so good. Had to get the dust pan out. Male egos started flaring up but looks like things are calming down a bit. They have been doing really good.
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Post by Josie on Jul 30, 2005 7:48:42 GMT
keep persevering unless they start getting stressed and hurt each other. You're doing brilliantly!
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Post by Clover on Jul 30, 2005 12:04:12 GMT
Great advice Josie Good luck cocospiggysmommy! My Jake loves to strut his stuff, I think he wants to be the Arnold Schwarzenegger of the guinea pig world lol
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Post by cocospiggysmommy on Jul 30, 2005 16:57:01 GMT
Well now it looks like coco and piggy are the ones trying to figure out who is boss, blake just sits off in the corner and they leave him alone and wiggy just does his own thing...I have been doing one on one time with each of them and giving them some new veggies and stuff....they are loving the romaine lettuce, would have gotten that one sooner but our stores didn't have any for the longest time.
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Post by Clover on Aug 1, 2005 7:16:15 GMT
How are they doing today cocospiggysmommy ? They do love romaine don't they, our local store dosn't always stock it.
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Post by cocospiggysmommy on Aug 1, 2005 19:23:58 GMT
Sorry I have been trying to get over a cold and haven't been on as much. So far everything is ok. Coco and Piggy are still having their spats but the other two are doing great. Everything seems well. Oh and I added some paper bags to the cage and they are loving them. Just working on trying to finish the top section for them, anyone have any ideas for the flooring up top?
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Post by Teebers on Aug 2, 2005 4:23:35 GMT
Do you have any left-over corflute you could use?
Good on you for sticking with it cpm. :~)
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Post by cocospiggysmommy on Aug 2, 2005 4:57:57 GMT
Are you talking about the coroplast? I don't have any left but I do know where I can get some. So far so good this evening.
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Post by Janet on Aug 3, 2005 2:27:45 GMT
Aren't piggies in paper bags fun!
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Post by cocospiggysmommy on Aug 3, 2005 22:06:19 GMT
They are the sweetest things...lol It was really funny when my 5yo was trying to make them personalized homes out of them with cottonballs and I had to tell her we couldn't put those in there because the cotton could hurt them. So we put them on top of the cage to help her remember their names...lol
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