September555
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Ok....I snoop here all the time and blog once in a while. I have a pretty urgent deal here I need advice on. Since I dont blog to much, refresher on who and what I have. I have two females. I have one who is about 2 yrs old (Bailey) and one that is around 1 year old (Lily). They have not always been together. I had Bailey but her cagemate/sister passed away, then I went and got Lily for her to have company. Bailey was one when I got Lily, Lily was only a few months. Intros went well (with alot of Jos help!) They did the typical boxing, dominating thing, flipping each other etc. Well they have been cagemates now for a year this month. Lily the youngest seems to "pick" at Bailey more than anything, I hear squeeling and squeeks quite often and when I look up, Lily has Bailey down and I just say Lily and she stops. And they sleep together and cuddle and all that so they get along, and if I remember correctly some of this is normal anyways. So it has never been a problem, it only happens so often. They play like crazy when they are out together, they get along fine
Beginning of this week, I went to get the girls out for playtime. I noticed Lily had a blood spot on her neck. Looks like it may of been a pinch from Bailey or something. I still hear and see the normal spats, but nothing any more usual than before. Two days ago, at play time Lily had quite a few more of these on her. They were blood dots, some had turned to scabs. They are about her neck and face. One really close to her eye. Tonight, I go and get them out, and Lily has a big mark on her Jaw area, feels like a little bump under it, plus the old stuff and fresh stuff
My assumption is Bailey is biting at her, and nipping her, or doing the power thing and is doing it way to much and way to hard. Bailey is very mellow and sweet, and this is NOT typical behavior of her, Lily has always seemed to be the dominant one, in face 98% of the time I have heard them, I find Lily being the one on top of her and getting at Bailey
So I am gonna attach the best pic I can of this. these were from 2 days ago, it is alot worse now. Pics are not that great, cell phones and moving rats don't go well. What is this and why??? Do you think this is Bailey picking on her, and if so, why now, why that much that hard all the sudden? If not, could it be a skin irritation? Nothng in their cage has changed at all. I wash their bedding and clothes in dye free/perfume free soap (when I first got Lily her eyese bled here and there, sensitive to everything, had to take out cage bedding and use material instead etc). Nothing in their cage has change, diet is the same, laundry same, absolutely nothing has changed. So if it is her skin, I dont understand why. These look like bite/pinch/nip marks to me. I dont know.
They are in a huge three story cage together, so plenty of room, sleeping places etc. They sleep together during the day and snuggle, so this is happening during the night or afternoons when they are awake.
I have a smaller cage, I can seperate them at night, but how much wil this stress one or the other and any pointers on that? I thought about putting one in the smaller cage for the night and then putting them back in their normal cage in the morning until this clears up. Maybe Bailey since she is older and less active can be in the smaller cage. Any pointers? Ideas? Is it safe (as far as stress) to seperate them like that nightly?
Any help would be appriciated. I dontknow what to do.
Paula
Beginning of this week, I went to get the girls out for playtime. I noticed Lily had a blood spot on her neck. Looks like it may of been a pinch from Bailey or something. I still hear and see the normal spats, but nothing any more usual than before. Two days ago, at play time Lily had quite a few more of these on her. They were blood dots, some had turned to scabs. They are about her neck and face. One really close to her eye. Tonight, I go and get them out, and Lily has a big mark on her Jaw area, feels like a little bump under it, plus the old stuff and fresh stuff
My assumption is Bailey is biting at her, and nipping her, or doing the power thing and is doing it way to much and way to hard. Bailey is very mellow and sweet, and this is NOT typical behavior of her, Lily has always seemed to be the dominant one, in face 98% of the time I have heard them, I find Lily being the one on top of her and getting at Bailey
So I am gonna attach the best pic I can of this. these were from 2 days ago, it is alot worse now. Pics are not that great, cell phones and moving rats don't go well. What is this and why??? Do you think this is Bailey picking on her, and if so, why now, why that much that hard all the sudden? If not, could it be a skin irritation? Nothng in their cage has changed at all. I wash their bedding and clothes in dye free/perfume free soap (when I first got Lily her eyese bled here and there, sensitive to everything, had to take out cage bedding and use material instead etc). Nothing in their cage has change, diet is the same, laundry same, absolutely nothing has changed. So if it is her skin, I dont understand why. These look like bite/pinch/nip marks to me. I dont know.
They are in a huge three story cage together, so plenty of room, sleeping places etc. They sleep together during the day and snuggle, so this is happening during the night or afternoons when they are awake.
I have a smaller cage, I can seperate them at night, but how much wil this stress one or the other and any pointers on that? I thought about putting one in the smaller cage for the night and then putting them back in their normal cage in the morning until this clears up. Maybe Bailey since she is older and less active can be in the smaller cage. Any pointers? Ideas? Is it safe (as far as stress) to seperate them like that nightly?
Any help would be appriciated. I dontknow what to do.
Paula
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