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Subject: Re: PLEASE, PLEASE Help Me!!!
Posted by Larry Hardy on February 04, 1999 at 14:30:18:

In Reply to: PLEASE, PLEASE Help Me!!! posted by Layla on February 04, 1999 at 13:13:45:

: okay I have had my 2 female gliders for about 7 months. Shasta is the oldest and more dominate of the two. Sadie is the younger, smaller and more passive one. The problem is that about two weeks ago at night they have been fighting a lot. This is not just any fighting. Shasta beets up Sadie. Last night I saw Sahsta attack Sadie for no reason. I have had to wake up at 5:00am to put their cage in another room with the light on so they would stop. This usally helps. At first I thought that they were fighting over food and sometimes they do, but lately Sadie get beet up for no reason. Sadie will be playing in the cage and Shasta will attack her for no reason. Last night they started to fight over food, so I tried to feed them seperately but Sadie would not eat. She jumped on me to get out of the cage away from Shasta. But then when it is time for them to go to sleep, they crawl up together and go to sleep. Except the other night, Sadie sleept under a piece of wood by herself. Shasta barked all night for her but she was still mad and wouldn't come out. What is the problem?? I am scared to leave Sadie with Shasta. But this just started to happen last week. Can anyone help? Thanks, Layla

Layla;

I think it is natural for their to be a loiitle fighting, I get it occassionally with my two females and one male. It souns like you may not have a large cage. I think that it may help to get a bigger cage. I know that may sound silly, but your SG has to have room to be able to get away and move around. It may also be a phase that they will grow out of. However, it is not uncommon for their to be a dominant female and Shasta may just be better establishing that. Aside from males killing males, and babies being eaten, I have not read much about a female killing another. Hope this helps...

Larry

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