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ok, so i may have done the wrong thing? i adopted a 5 month old piggie yesterday and i separated my c&c cage into two separate areas, both have a second floor and my eldest two who are 6 months old are grinding their teeth, yawning and making not happy noises in their new section. they have all their own stuff and have been nawing at the side of the cage that joins the two together, they can see each other. Fudge seems all happy and excited to see them and is popcorning around the cage as he has always been alone, but my two are now not even getting along with each other even though Fudge isnt in the cage with them. Have i upset my piggies by rehoming Fudge with us? dont want Rocky and Scruffy falling out 8...

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It could be their new area is not spacious enough. Boars need a lot of space and tend to be happier when they have more room.
 
yeah i do tend to agree with you, but in all honesty its bigger than an indoor cage or hutch ( which i was originally going to keep the two boys in til i discovered c&c cages on here) which guinea pigs are regularly kept in. they do get time outside in a run too.
i don't really see i have much of an option, unless i try to bond the three but when i tried that earlier they were all jumping on each other within seconds so i separated them straight away. I could add one more cube onto each side on the second floor so its like an L shape on the top??
 
I would not try to bond three boars as two works best. If you try to bond three you may find they all fall out which would be a nightmare. With a c and c cage you go by the ground floor space. Is there anyway you can extend their c and c? I just feel they may not get on any more with the lack of room. I totally agree when you say it is more space then a cage as in my opinion no bought cages are ever enough. I got rid of my television to extend my c and c.
 
New territory always triggers dominance behaviour; and your boys may not be happy at all to share what they consider their territory with a newbie. See how things settle down.

Your twosome is now at a point where it doesn't take much to rock the boat. If I were you, I'd rather wait with intros until they are past the worst of their hormones in a few months; then you are less likely to potentially end up with mayhem and potentially three boars who won't get on with each other. See how your twosome copes over the next few crucial weeks.

PS: You could consider arranging two C&C cages on top of each other for more space? That would give you the potential to rather have two boar pairs than a dodgy trio and more options if things don't work out the way you'd wish without the boys losing more any more space.
 
You could try something as simple as putting a blanket or some sort of cover between the cages so that they cannot see each other. I hang a fleece blanket between my two runs when my pairs are in the garden. They don't seem bothered by each other that way.

Otherwise I'm not sure what to suggest. Hope they work things out.

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yeah fudge nipped rocky on his nose so that upset me. i am even thinking of putting their cage back how it was and maybe putting fudge on his own in another room in maybe a 2 storey tiered indoor cage, as definitely dont have space to create another c&c cage.

Think Fudge is winding my two boys up as he keeps trying the see them, so will try the blanket idea, thanks.

how would you clean a 2 storey c& c cage out? i struggled with my original layout as i couldnt get into one of the corners as my arm was too short as the ramp came down at an angel. It was so frustrating. if i had an easy way to clean it out then a 2 storey c&c cage would be great!

Fudge is loving cuddles from me though, he is a lot more cuddly than my other two boys. having said that i know they like to live in pairs, seeing as he has always lived alone do you think he may now prefer to be alone and thats why he bit rocky? the boys were homed together and even though they wiggled their bum trying to be the dominant one they never bit each other or had a fight?
 
well i have decided to leave them as they are but to extend the bottom floor out by one more panel so the floor will be 4 panels by 2 panels. but will leave them side by side and hope that as time goes on they will settle into their new surroundings. i cant extend anymore than that as its taking up half of my kitchen as it is and dont really want to put fudge in another room by himself when he is seemingly enjoying being able to see the other two.

thanks for everyones advice.
 
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