In Reply to: Re: 5 in one cage??? posted by Mary on June 19, 2000 at 15:12:27:

'Thank you for your advice. You pretty much confirmed what I
had suspected all along but had to ask anyway. Right now, they cannot even play together without a "get the fire hose" type fight. I feel sorry for the lone girl and just wanted her to have others to play with. I show her alot of extra attention and have considered getting her a new pal. Do you think that would be a good idea or not? Also, I make sure there is always plenty of food for all.

: This does not sound like it will ever happen. Most likly the dominanat female will harass the other female. You can keep trying..but nutering the male will have no effect on how the females react to each other. Also if the male and female are bonded they could easily reject the added female...what I eman by reject is they will keep her from eating...they will chase her from the sleeping pouch..etc. They may never "fight" her...but if they never accept her they could keep her from these things. Now if no one actually is fighting you could ahve them all playign together if closely supervised. Fighting can happen rather quickly and it can be hard to break up. They don't care who you are while they are fighting. Some gliders have attackted their owners while fighting. So play should be closely watched...but if you allow them to live together you will have a very hard time determining if all are getting plenty to eat.

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