Post by dan1980 on Aug 23, 2008 18:19:00 GMT
I've had my degus (two pairs) in the same cage for a week, separated by an inch of mesh gap.
On the first day they made all sorts of weird low pitched warbles and squeaks that sounded aggressive and generally unpleasant.
As the week's gone on, the regularity of these swearing incidents has gone down, but they're still doing it, along with posturing and aggressive behaviour towards the opposite pair.
Their regular sand baths have had vanilla essence in it to try to and make them smell the same.
Should I wait until they stop yelling at each other before I try and get them to meet on neutral territory, or can I try and mix them briefly now and see how it goes?
On the first day they made all sorts of weird low pitched warbles and squeaks that sounded aggressive and generally unpleasant.
As the week's gone on, the regularity of these swearing incidents has gone down, but they're still doing it, along with posturing and aggressive behaviour towards the opposite pair.
Their regular sand baths have had vanilla essence in it to try to and make them smell the same.
Should I wait until they stop yelling at each other before I try and get them to meet on neutral territory, or can I try and mix them briefly now and see how it goes?
