11-20-2008, 06:51 AM
I bought 3 female Russian winter whites last year which were all living together in one cage. After a couple of months, one of them was being bullied and had an injury on her belly where the gland is, so I seperated that on from the group to live on her own. Now, months on, the other two keep sqabbling and sqeaking at each other which looks to me like they try to clean each other or push themselves underneath the other one. A few times, the squeaking is very loud like they are in a proper fight but they are always pulled away from each other straight away and there are no injuries to either hamster.
Also, one seems a lot fatter than the other. The fatter one always takes more food and sometimes sits in the dish so the other can't get any food, but, the smaller one always seems to take over the wheel and pushes the other off. I tried putting two wheels in but it doesn't make any difference.
My question is, do they need to be seperated?
Also, one seems a lot fatter than the other. The fatter one always takes more food and sometimes sits in the dish so the other can't get any food, but, the smaller one always seems to take over the wheel and pushes the other off. I tried putting two wheels in but it doesn't make any difference.
My question is, do they need to be seperated?