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Post by njcrouth on Oct 19, 2019 13:44:44 GMT -5
I have Charlie and Baruch who weigh about 1700 and 1500 grams respectively. I just picked up Charlotte and Mocha, full grown females, from someone who had to rehome them and they are ridiculously tiny, even for females. I haven't weighed them yet but I can't imagine they are more than 600 grams.
Do I need to be concerned with my big boys hurting the girls due to the size and weight differences?
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Post by caitmonster on Oct 19, 2019 17:21:05 GMT -5
Girls are more than capable of wiping the floor with the boys' behinds and aren't shy about letting them know.  Are any of them intact? What are the age ranges? That said, the usual introduction guidelines still apply, to minimize the stress--keep them separated for a week or two, see how they seem to be regarding each other. Supervised play until you know they're getting along, or at least tolerating each other. No blood and no poop, no foul; though I would expect lots of hissing/screaming initially. |
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Post by Sherry on Oct 20, 2019 7:56:54 GMT -5
My tiniest girl(500 grams) beat my 5lb boy so badly I had to permanently separate them. So I don't think you need to worry about that aspect |
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Post by njcrouth on Oct 20, 2019 9:41:31 GMT -5
Great....thank you.
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Post by Heather on Oct 21, 2019 10:29:15 GMT -5
Generally speaking yes....the boys will ultimately loose this fight. That being said protect your wee girls if you have to. Some it's just not in their nature. All my jills will wipe the floor with a hob. They will put up with a fair beating first but if your girls are healthy, they will usually not tolerate a good beat down and turn the tables on a hob.
ciao
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Oct 22, 2019 6:10:29 GMT -5
A different story here---but mine are Marshalls--don't know if that matters. After a fight with a new male, the next day my girl was holding up a her front leg. An x-ray showed a butterfly break. Unless she climbed and fell off the Critter Nation cage that came with him--that is what i am attributing the break to. When fear comes into the picture a fight can be pretty vicious. My girl attacked him and sent him running--- but at the end of the fight, he was not the loser. I have two businesses now. I hope yours all get along. Years ago, I had two males who would accept everybody. Maybe your boys will be like that as well as your girls. I have only had one girl though who would accept newbies without a fuss(DIP Sissie).
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