Blue Butterfly
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I have 5 gerbils in all. 2 girls and 3 boys,the girls are no trouble at all but Im having a major problem with the 3 boys.
This problem only started today so I really dont know whats happened. Ive had the boys (Chester,Oscar and Dillon) for about 8 months now so they are about 1 year old.
They have a huge cage which is 2 massive rotastaks all joined together with some extra bits,so I can keep them seperate if need be.
Here is the problem.....Chester has started fighting with oscar,not just the usual tumbling about that they do,he is really going for him and keeps chasing him and wont let him settle anywhere.
Now Dillon and chester are asleep together cuddled up in one part of the cage and poor oscar is asleep all on his own in one of his wooden houses.
He looks so sad that I feel really sorry for him. They usually all cuddle up together.
I know when chester wakes up he will start on oscar again. I did seperate them for a while but Im not sure if that was the right thing to do so I put them all back together.
So why all of a sudden has chester turned on oscar? Should I put oscar in a cage on his own? I really didn't want to seperate them but I dont want any of them to be unhappy. Why is chester being so evil all of a sudden??
Sorry that this is so long,I hope it all makes some sense.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Claire x
This problem only started today so I really dont know whats happened. Ive had the boys (Chester,Oscar and Dillon) for about 8 months now so they are about 1 year old.
They have a huge cage which is 2 massive rotastaks all joined together with some extra bits,so I can keep them seperate if need be.
Here is the problem.....Chester has started fighting with oscar,not just the usual tumbling about that they do,he is really going for him and keeps chasing him and wont let him settle anywhere.
Now Dillon and chester are asleep together cuddled up in one part of the cage and poor oscar is asleep all on his own in one of his wooden houses.
He looks so sad that I feel really sorry for him. They usually all cuddle up together.
I know when chester wakes up he will start on oscar again. I did seperate them for a while but Im not sure if that was the right thing to do so I put them all back together.
So why all of a sudden has chester turned on oscar? Should I put oscar in a cage on his own? I really didn't want to seperate them but I dont want any of them to be unhappy. Why is chester being so evil all of a sudden??
Sorry that this is so long,I hope it all makes some sense.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Claire x