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Post by mja241281 on Oct 30, 2009 10:42:25 GMT
Quick question.
As some of you may know I had Dexter neutered so I could introduce him to my 2 rescue females and the time I can do that has now come however I took in another lone female from another member on here as she asked if I would look after her and introduce her into my group which I am going to do (due to P@H telling her it was a boy but it being a girl and she has 2 boys)
The question is can I try introducing all at the same time or would it be better to introduce Dexter to my 2 girls, leave it for a week, then intorduce Coleen (my new girl)......
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Post by deguconvert on Oct 30, 2009 17:43:44 GMT
Maybe this will sound odd to you, but how about if you introduce Coleen first, since the other two are already together and are not in any need for immediate companionship. Once they are established a bit then start introducing the other two girls?
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Post by starbizarre on Oct 30, 2009 17:48:41 GMT
Aw, I hope this goes ok. How is my little Colin/een?
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Post by Mojo on Oct 30, 2009 18:57:06 GMT
I have only done intorductions as groups. 1st was two pairs of boys. I followed the same process outlined on degutopia. It took a little longer (i.e. weeks rather than days) but essentially went well.
I then introduced my 4 boys to my 3 adopted girls all at the same time. Following the same process and being patient resulted in it also being a big success.
I agree that Deguconverts approach may work but I would also be worried that doing a series of introductions may end up unsettling established groups.
Best way is to give it a try and see which approach works best, it's not an exact science and you just need to bear with it
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Post by mja241281 on Oct 31, 2009 18:44:35 GMT
Aw, I hope this goes ok. How is my little Colin/een? Shes's fine, such a cheeky little girl, always wanting to see if I have a treat for her lol. |
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Post by starbizarre on Oct 31, 2009 20:29:45 GMT
Lol, sounds about right! She likes being tickled under her arms hehe, then she'll try and grab your finger when she's had enough!  |
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Post by mja241281 on Oct 31, 2009 22:01:54 GMT
I know, have given her a few tickles and she has grabbed my finger to have a nibble
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Post by mja241281 on Nov 3, 2009 20:50:44 GMT
well had my first introduction today and all went well, a bit of humping by coleen on gabi but no fights, they all piled into the sand bath and had a good roll (or in gabis case a sit down), plenty of grooming and chirping but they seemed more interested in trying to jump out of my bath and poor gabi got a little stressed and her breating got a bit heavy so i didn't let it go on for too long but so far so good.
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