[Gpdd] [BEHAVIOUR] Gnawing on cage bars

[TKandJon at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/22/2006 11:06:41 AM Central Standard Time, 
_DebJonSara at aol.com_ (mailto:DebJonSara at aol.com)  writes:

My  piggies have only ever done this on very rare occasions, and it has   
always been because they want to get through the bars, usually to  visit  
(an)other 
piggie(s). Zebra even went through a phase of  chewing the outside of  the 
bars 
of Fidget and Scrabble's cage  because he wanted to get in at them, and  
amazingly enough, he  eventually succeeded in opening the cage door and 
getting  in! 
He  just strutted about playing "king of the castle" and generally   
intimidating them, so I had to get him out and wire the cage door shut (I  
can  access 
via the roof).

Would it be possible for your  piggies to live together in a larger cage? Or  
to have more floortime  together? Maybe even more floortime separately would  
help? 



The original plan WAS to house the girls together in one cage.   
Unfortunately, every time we get the girls together for floor time, Ivory bites  Hermione. 
 :-(  No one has drawn blood yet, but I am just so afraid  one of them will 
get hurt, I keep them separate, but side by side. Ivory is  a good deal bigger 
than Miney, and we think she was neglected by her  previous owners, whereas 
'Miney came home to us as a wee girl and  has been pampered from the get-go.  
Ivory is definitely the Alpha  pig in our house, lol.  We are getting a baby 
girl piggie  sometime in the next month, so maybe once out of quarantine we will 
try that one  with Miss Ivory.
Thanks!
TK