[Gpdd] Care: Babies, Brothers in the same cage

[Algernon07 at aol.com]

Hi Maria,
       I would urge you to keep the little guys together. They generally love 
each other's company and if they're litter mates you're already ahead of the 
game. Problems MAY come up later, but usually it's just some some minor 
dominance issues that need to be sorted out. If fur and blood begin to fly, 
obviously, then you have a problem.    

 The late Ebeneezer WoollyBear and Wilson (who is still very much with us but 
sems to continue to miss his buddy Ebe) loved living together -- running 
races, etc.  Chester and Charlie are not littermates but they were cage mates from 
very early on (weaning time). They are approximately 1 1/2 to 2 weeks apart 
in age and while they periodically do the nose flipping thing to each other, 
they too have great fun together and I think each would be far less happy 
without the companion ship of the other.
       When they were very very tiny they would borrow under their single 
cuddle cup and move around all over the cage.  The tiny piggies underneath were 
invisible and so the cuddle cup looked very much like an animated hover-craft! 
They have 2 cuddle cups now, of course.

All best,
       Alge