I have 2 21 week old males. we've had em for 9 weeks now and everything
is going great. they are not from the same mother but were born within
days of each other and raised together. they are very friendly to us
now and we can handle them, give them treats, pull them from their
pouches, hang out in our pockets, and pretty much every thing. so that
aspect of the relationship is going well but now whenever they are
alone in the pouch there is a fight. it started with one aggressing the
other, our smaller one "batman" is the victim and doesn't crab but
makes the "get away from me" sound. recently when they are in the pouch
they are at each others throats, it is more of a standoff. we think it
is because batman is more fully grown now and the scents are
conflicting.
but the aggressor, "raiden" has been neutered and
is still picking on batman. i put them in the boding pouch to break
them up one morning and wore them around my neck. as soon as they were
under my shirt they really started going at it. as i pulled them from
the pouch, raiden latched onto the back of batmans neck with his teeth
and wouldnt let go. i tugged pretty well to try and release him, until
i eventually blew air in his face.
the past couple of nights
have been rough, usually it is around 3:30am when i have to get up and
separate the two. i've just been pouching the bigger one, until now i
think i'm going to crate him in a bigger area. i don't want to isolate
him because i think that would act out more. the fighting has started
much earlier tonight and i dont want them to hurt each other, or worse
death, because i know how this kind of species can fight.
we've
also just started using baby wipes to help clean them. we were only
doing it every three nights, then every other night. maybe the wiping
away of scents is causing confusion? there are also two pouches for
them to sleep in if they want to sleep apart, then generally don't.
raiden follows batman when he wants to pick on him, and batman misses
him so he will sleep with raiden during the day. they are really
sweet, i think raiden is just confused.
so if you can understand my story and have any info for us, please help our boys!