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velma · 09-09-2016, 11:03 AM

You really do need to seperate them immediately and not next month. I'd say your better to have 3 smaller cages and have them separated them than risk staying together while you save for big cages. Especially as one is potentially a male. Put the females on pregnancy watch just in case. Square metre cages are huge and I don't personally think you need to go that big but you may wish to upgrade them or DIY some bigger bin cages down the line when you've assessed their personalities and see what they need but for now get them seperated, let them settle and then decide what sort of space would suit each one best. If they've been in a tiny cage they may get weirded out by a big cage too soon or they prefer to stay in what you move them too. Poor things though so well done for adopting them.

09-09-2016, 11:03 AM
velma Moderator Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 3,365	Re: New-ish mommy needs help You really do need to seperate them immediately and not next month. I'd say your better to have 3 smaller cages and have them separated them than risk staying together while you save for big cages. Especially as one is potentially a male. Put the females on pregnancy watch just in case. Square metre cages are huge and I don't personally think you need to go that big but you may wish to upgrade them or DIY some bigger bin cages down the line when you've assessed their personalities and see what they need but for now get them seperated, let them settle and then decide what sort of space would suit each one best. If they've been in a tiny cage they may get weirded out by a big cage too soon or they prefer to stay in what you move them too. Poor things though so well done for adopting them.