kerrsworld
New Born Pup
Hello! I have 2 rescued males, Roger and Brian, who have been bonded since before 6 months. I have had them about 12 months, they are now about 18 months. In June we went through the asserting dominance phase and got through that OK, with Roger seeming to be the dominant male. They have a 5x2 cage with a loft. Then a few weeks ago, Brian had quite a large wound about the size of a 10p on his belly. We saw two vets, neither of whom thought it was a fight wound, more that he had cut himself on something. They live in our living room and we were not aware of any fighting. But Roger had a scab on his head and so we kept an eye on them. Roger then got a wee cut above his eye, again no signs of anything wrong but Brian, who was always less dominant started showing more dominant traits, I felt. Then one night when we were just sitting watching telly it all kicked off, no warning, just the two of them rolling about the cage. Brian's ear got ripped a little and they've been separated since, this was a week ago. They've been living side by side for a week, everything seems to be OK. They are both often up at the bars to see each other, often chewing the bars or trying to dig underneath to get through. They both seem happy enough, Brian is maybe a bit quiet. I feel that maybe they were fighting as Brian was in pain with his wound, it took two weeks to heal. My question is, should I try them back together again and if so, what is the best way to approach this? Their cage has now been extended to 6x2 and split in half. They have been on our laps together for a few minutes and all OK, but I'm concerned about leaving them for any length of time together. They have 2 lofts now, which we can keep, even if they go back together.