Hi,
I've had Beauregard and Marcellus since April '15. They got overweight, so I put them on a diet, but Beau got very food aggressive and gave Marcellus some bad bites. I took them off the diet, but I still regulate their food--I don't leave food in their dish. They clean up their dinner, and they get a morning treat and a nighttime treat, and that's it. I haven't seen serious food aggression anymore. Once in a while I'll hear a major hissy fit when food is not at issue, but not much. And I'm at home a lot.
Tonight I checked Marcellus over and found two pretty serious-looking wounds. I checked Beauregard and found one not very nice wound. I do very often hear one or the other of them squinking (little peeps) while they play-fight, or when one pursues the other to groom him. I'm worried that they're hurting each other too much. Should I get them neutered?
When Beau developed his food aggression, and Marcellus got an infected toe, I separated them for a week. Am I going to have to separate them forever? I can close off the opening to the upper cage so that each rattie has half. But they hate being apart. When I reopened the top level they stuck together a lot for the next couple weeks.
I've had Beauregard and Marcellus since April '15. They got overweight, so I put them on a diet, but Beau got very food aggressive and gave Marcellus some bad bites. I took them off the diet, but I still regulate their food--I don't leave food in their dish. They clean up their dinner, and they get a morning treat and a nighttime treat, and that's it. I haven't seen serious food aggression anymore. Once in a while I'll hear a major hissy fit when food is not at issue, but not much. And I'm at home a lot.
Tonight I checked Marcellus over and found two pretty serious-looking wounds. I checked Beauregard and found one not very nice wound. I do very often hear one or the other of them squinking (little peeps) while they play-fight, or when one pursues the other to groom him. I'm worried that they're hurting each other too much. Should I get them neutered?
When Beau developed his food aggression, and Marcellus got an infected toe, I separated them for a week. Am I going to have to separate them forever? I can close off the opening to the upper cage so that each rattie has half. But they hate being apart. When I reopened the top level they stuck together a lot for the next couple weeks.