[Gpdd] [behavior] Marmite and Abby fighting

[Donna]

Hi all,

Introductions didn't go so well. To start with everything was fine on the
first night, just a bit of sniffing. Abby took to Jessica straight away
licking her ears. I had some food so they all starting munching away but it
all kicked off when Marmite stole a piece of cucumber out of Abby's mouth.
Abby didn't take to kindly to this and starting teeth chattering which in
turn started Marmite off. Marmite then chased Abby all of the place nipping
her. It wasn't going anywhere so we split them up. The next night I put them
on the floor together again with food and hay but this time it kicked off
straight away with Marmite chasing Abby again. I ended up splitting them up
by keeping Marmite in a cage on the floor and Abby loose. They were trying
to get to each other but as far as I could see Abby was backing down when
Marmite got aggressive. After a while the teeth chattering stopped and they
were all calm. I let them loose again and Marmite went straight for Abby
giving her little nips. There is no blood being drawn or any serious biting.
Maybe I need to be more confident and let them fight it out a bit longer but
I get scared they are going to hurt each other. If they can't sort it out I
may have to try the old bathing trick I keep reading about. I did tell them
that once they get on with each other, they get a brand new spacious cage
but they look at me blankly!

Love Donna, Abby, Marmite and Jessica x