So, it’s about 8 weeks since Pickle and Beans were neutered. Since then they’ve been living seperately in the kitchen with divide between them with bars in it so they can still see each other and stick their noses through. They often look for each other and will bunloaf on the snugglesafes side by side at bedtime. They swap sides every day.
Today I decided to put them both in the hall (about 3 foot square!) and try to reintroduce them. Initially one of them humped the other, who just stood there and took it, then we had some humping of the head and a bit of circling. More humping and trying to hold on to the neck whilst doing so, which resulted in a bit of fur pulling (very easy as their both moulting). They then started boxing type fighting. I seperated them with my bare hand a few times and got few scratches as a result. They both rested for minute before it was back to humping and then boxing again. I separated them at this point. Should I have held my nerve and left them to box and sort out who was boss? Should I try again? Or should I just admit defeat and try to work out how to accommodate them seperately and get them girlfriends?
Oh I forgot, when I put them back home, Pickle ran over to the bars to see Bean and stuck his nose through. Beans went over to him and then wandered off. The last time they were together (when Pickle escaped into the side where Beans was), when I seperated them - I was there when he escaped - they tried to box through the bars when I first put them back.
Today I decided to put them both in the hall (about 3 foot square!) and try to reintroduce them. Initially one of them humped the other, who just stood there and took it, then we had some humping of the head and a bit of circling. More humping and trying to hold on to the neck whilst doing so, which resulted in a bit of fur pulling (very easy as their both moulting). They then started boxing type fighting. I seperated them with my bare hand a few times and got few scratches as a result. They both rested for minute before it was back to humping and then boxing again. I separated them at this point. Should I have held my nerve and left them to box and sort out who was boss? Should I try again? Or should I just admit defeat and try to work out how to accommodate them seperately and get them girlfriends?
Oh I forgot, when I put them back home, Pickle ran over to the bars to see Bean and stuck his nose through. Beans went over to him and then wandered off. The last time they were together (when Pickle escaped into the side where Beans was), when I seperated them - I was there when he escaped - they tried to box through the bars when I first put them back.
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