The Girls are Fighting - Paw Talk

*Christi* · #1 03-31-2002, 02:13 PM

I had to seperate Senga and Sorcha cause they are fighting horribly and I'm afraid they will hurt each other. I have had to seperate them from a rolling ball of Jird 3 times - the last time they refused to quit so I took one out and put her in another container... but it's not jird-friendly. Ugh, I don't know why they are fighting - they are in a much bigger cage with tons of stuff to do - they really have no reason to fight. GRR!!

Sassy · #2 03-31-2002, 02:46 PM

Oh no, that is not good. Are they constantly fighting? Could one of them possibly be in heat and that be causing the fighting?

There is a woman up here that sells Jirds, that has somewhere around 20 in a 55 gallon aquarium.

*Christi* · #3 03-31-2002, 02:53 PM

I'm afraid I may have to get rid of one or both.

Interesting that you mention, heat, though - the one that is starting it, I saw her humping the other last night. Hmm...

*Christi* · #4 03-31-2002, 03:42 PM

I even got bit - bled and all! She bit me hard!! LOL Not sure if it's cause I had lotion on or cause I broke up the fight.

*Christi* · #5 03-31-2002, 05:09 PM

I put them back together and they went at it again so I turned another plastic container into a home for Senga - looks like they're mature now and the literature was right, as I suspected. Now to get that male! LOL

Sassy · #6 03-31-2002, 05:12 PM

Yep, you will be needing that male now.
Sorry to hear that they bit you.

Runt · #7 03-31-2002, 10:19 PM

Sorry your girls are fighting.

capnsweets · #8 03-31-2002, 10:54 PM

How come you will have to get rid of them? I hope you didn't get hurt to bad! Are you getting a male to mate them? Are you going to breed them? Am I asking too many questions?

Nancy · #9 03-31-2002, 11:12 PM

Sorry you got bit Christi--I've learned never to break up a fight started by a hormonal pet a long time ago

*Christi* · #10 04-01-2002, 08:11 AM

Capn, what I am thinking about doing is getting a male and maybe selling one of the females. You can't house a male and a female together, to breed you check to see if the female is in heat by holding the male near her - if she wags her tail she's in heat. You put him in, let them mate, and take him out! lol The only reason I may get rid of one girl is because I have no room. I am FINALLY getting a new cage for Ami and since I had to seperate the girls, in order to get a male that means another cage. So we'll see what happens.

Ty - from what I have read, you're right. But as I stated above, introducing a male doesn't fix it. And it DID hurt! They're teeth are sharper than a chins and they bite twice as hard!!

capnsweets · #11 04-01-2002, 05:48 PM

I know what you mean about no room. I want a chinchilla now from seeing all your so cute pics that everyone posts. But i actually cannot think about it because my apartment is so so tiny. Good Luck with your girlies, I know how bad you wanted them.