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[Fay1302]

Hi,

I have two 14 month old boys currently living in a nero 4 (approx 2ft x 4ft i think). I say living together, they are seperated by a see-through partition down the middle as they do not get on! I have adapted the nero 4 by adding in an extra level, almost like a bedroom.They seem happy enough but I feel there isn't enough space for their ever-increasing bottoms!

Ideally I'd like to get them a nero 4 each (or similar type product) but I don't have the room unless I stack them on top of each other and then they will lose the company of each other. Is it better for them to have more space or to have company? Does anyone have any cage solutions?

I was thinking about doing C+C and building upwards but it would be tall and narrow and didn't think this was suitable?

Any ideas welcomed! Thanks

 

[Blondie_Kate]

how come they dont get on? any chance you could try and get them to play nice? x

 

[boureki]

Is it possible that they can have run time together and stack the cages one on top of the other when not in playtime? Or alternatively, separate the play area and have two cages? Boar relationships can vastly improve with lot of space and two of everything from food and water bits to toys and hideyholes You may have bonding success at laptime too, often it's a lovely way to get boys back together.

 

[Fay1302]

I don't know why the don't get on, they are brothers who have been together since birth but even during lap time and play time they try to take lumps out of each other! I tried what I could with two of everything I could at the time of seperation but after a year have I left it too late for any bonding to take place?

At the mo my bedroom is split in two for playtime and they seem to enjoy that and try to get to each other but if they do, it just ends in bloodshed. If I could stack there living quarters but still have playtime like they do now would that be a fair compromise? I dont want them to be lonely when I'm at work all day :{

Thanks for your replies!

 

[boureki]

I can sympathise with your dilemma - we had a father and son who were very close then suddebly fell out in a spectacular fashion - the dad seemed to want to be friends after a bit of separation, but son was having none of it and turned very nasty with him, but when they were separated with a cage divider they both spent most of their time snuggles through the mesh! You can't win!

I think if it were me and my space was limited, that if there was very little chance in getting them back together (a year is a long time, but nothing is impossible )then I would give them run time with a divide down the middle so they could interact all day and give them a cage each at bedtime. They will still be able to interact and hear and smell each other, and will have company in the daytime with a lot more space in the evening and a bit of peace and quiet if they want it

Good luck! It's so hard to know the best thing to do for our boys, isn't it!

 

[Fay1302]

I just can't get my head round it, its like they love to hate each other!

Sorry if I seem a bit dense but are you saying that they could have the run of the divided floor, so to speak, in the daytime and then just be put into seperate cages at night?

It's hard work being a single mum to my troublesome twins!

 

[boureki]

LOL, yes, I know what you mean!

Yes to your question - if it is possible to securely separate the daytime run so they can still see the other and cuddle up through bars or mesh or whatever you are going to use, they can have plenty of safe contact at playtime and their own cages at night-time to settle down.

 

[LeeBee]

Have you tried bathing them together?
I find that many problems with conflicting boars are usually solved by giving them a bath together. The 'stress' of the bath usually bonds them together through nescessity and seems to reset them back to being sweet piggies.
Failing that, As long as they can still see/hear/know another piggie through a safe divide, they should be fine.