Post by grumpy89 on Aug 17, 2011 12:53:25 GMT
I have a bully in my degu cage!!
Yesterday the dominant one (Ben) spent the day shoving the little one (Chris) off the shelves in the cage (luckily he's fine, he's just been keeping his distance!) but today when i put the food bowls in, i separated the bowls out as usual, but Ben would not let Chris anywhere near the bowls until he had eaten all the favourite bits out of them. The third one (Si) was just happily getting on with his breakfast like nothing was happening.
The third time Ben chased Chris away, i clapped my hands and said no loudly, which i do when they are naughty and he stopped for a minute, then carried on until the best bits were eaten (or hidden away!) Only then was Chris allowed to go and eat. Normally the clap stops whatevers happening and they dont do it again!
We're keeping a close eye on them but we wondered why all of a sudden they're bickering. We've had them a year now and we've never had anything like this - they're normally so placid with each other! It doesnt seem like proper fighting or anything, im just worried that Chris is going to get pushed out of everything by Ben and Si.
However Im looking at them now and the three of them are in a goo pile all grooming each other!
Yesterday the dominant one (Ben) spent the day shoving the little one (Chris) off the shelves in the cage (luckily he's fine, he's just been keeping his distance!) but today when i put the food bowls in, i separated the bowls out as usual, but Ben would not let Chris anywhere near the bowls until he had eaten all the favourite bits out of them. The third one (Si) was just happily getting on with his breakfast like nothing was happening.
The third time Ben chased Chris away, i clapped my hands and said no loudly, which i do when they are naughty and he stopped for a minute, then carried on until the best bits were eaten (or hidden away!) Only then was Chris allowed to go and eat. Normally the clap stops whatevers happening and they dont do it again!
We're keeping a close eye on them but we wondered why all of a sudden they're bickering. We've had them a year now and we've never had anything like this - they're normally so placid with each other! It doesnt seem like proper fighting or anything, im just worried that Chris is going to get pushed out of everything by Ben and Si.
However Im looking at them now and the three of them are in a goo pile all grooming each other!
