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Q & A / need some new ideas..and a little advice

« on: August 20, 2010, 04:45:30 PM »

We got our 1st boy in january, not sure of his age but very young, and got him a playmate a month later same with the age, , both boys, they got along great, after 2 or 3 months i saw some dominating behavior..one trying to mount the other etc....but no fighting..then we got a female, she was much smaller than the others when we brought them home. Anyway we kept their cages in the same room and they were fine, around the beginning of summer the boys started fighting so we seperated them..common sense should have told me to move her..well then thats what i did, but we put boys back together in a cage that had them seperated with plexi-glass. Again with a dumb move i had her in the same room temporary, they started again..so now i have her in my room..alone. Boys are great, they sleep cuddled up to each other. Her on the other hand, she barks alot on some nights. i feel bad for her..i guess maybe thinking she is lonely, but definatly in no hurry to introduce her to one of the males, i dont' want to risk her life by breeding her to young, and honestly i do not know at what age they go into heat i've heard alot of different answers on that one and am unfamiliar with what their behavior would be,  and was wondering if that could be whats up with the boys and how they act when she is around, or with how she is behaving.

Also what about some new ideas for toys..what sort of "home" things are safe to play with, i saw someone post on another thread that a teddy bear with no buttons...things that can pull off..but won't they chew it up?? they play with the cardboard tubes..blocks..things like that, but i am looking for inexpensive ideas.