In Reply to: intros posted by Virginia on June 06, 2000 at 21:41:10:

I went through this exact same thing only I brought home a young female and tried to introduce her to my adult, neutered male. Just like your situation...he was so mean to her, would not let her eat or even move for that matter. He would make this horrible war cry & attack her. I went through about 3 months of trying to get them to live peacfully. They got to the point where they would sleep with each other during the day but when they came out of the pouch, it was on. My little girl was terrified. I felt stressed!! It was suggested to me to let her get a little bigger before physically introducing them (that way she would be able to hold her ground a little better). I also tried introducing them outside of the cage & they were fine. Bottom line, the male was being very territorial so I had to buy a new, bigger cage. Once I got the cage, I let her stay in it for a couple days alone & then I put him in. NO PROBLEMS!!!!! Of coarse they argue every now again but they are very close to each other. I never thought I would see the day!! Good luck to you!!!!

: you may or may not be able to house the two together. Males, even if related, are very territorial. Because of the age difference, I would recommend just keeping them seperate because the "father" may seriously injure the joey or starve him to death by not allowing him to eat of of HIS foodbowl. Neutering may help some but one a male is sexually mature then it is hard to introduce him to another male.

: You may want to check out the introduction tips here:

: http://www.angelfire.com/nb/sugarglider/index.aspl

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