Cryptikality
New Born Pup
Hello, looking to find some advice on a recent development in our herd. We have one male and three spayed females, all between 2-3 years old that have been together for their entire lives.
Habitat:
We have a two story C&C cage with a large ramp, roughly 12sq ft for the first floor and 4sq ft for the second floor, with fleece liners and various hideys.
Herd: They have all been these weights (give or take 50g) since becoming full grown, we weigh them weekly. We're not really sure why one female has always been so much smaller than the others, but they did come from separate litters. They all seem perfectly healthy as far as we can tell (no rashes or hair loss, eating and going to the bathroom normally) They have always gotten along well, although they have never been snuggly to any degree with each other, all always like to lay by themselves.
Pebbles - Male, 1400g, 2.5yr
Willow - Female, 1200g, 2yr, spayed
Cleo - Female, 1200g, 2yr, spayed
Panda - Female, 800g, 2.5yr, spayed
About a week ago, the two larger females have started bullying Panda...nipping at her until she moves, or cornering her in a hidey until she starts wheeking loudly in complaint, at which point the male will go over and enforce the peace. We are consistently checking her afterwards, and there do not appear to be any bite marks or scratches on the skin, nose, or ears. However it keeps happening a few times a day, and has never happened before. She is still coming out for meals and eating hay and drinking, but we're deeply concerned by how frequent this behavior is and how upset she seems.
Any advice, thoughts, or comments would be much appreciated!
Habitat:
We have a two story C&C cage with a large ramp, roughly 12sq ft for the first floor and 4sq ft for the second floor, with fleece liners and various hideys.
Herd: They have all been these weights (give or take 50g) since becoming full grown, we weigh them weekly. We're not really sure why one female has always been so much smaller than the others, but they did come from separate litters. They all seem perfectly healthy as far as we can tell (no rashes or hair loss, eating and going to the bathroom normally) They have always gotten along well, although they have never been snuggly to any degree with each other, all always like to lay by themselves.
Pebbles - Male, 1400g, 2.5yr
Willow - Female, 1200g, 2yr, spayed
Cleo - Female, 1200g, 2yr, spayed
Panda - Female, 800g, 2.5yr, spayed
About a week ago, the two larger females have started bullying Panda...nipping at her until she moves, or cornering her in a hidey until she starts wheeking loudly in complaint, at which point the male will go over and enforce the peace. We are consistently checking her afterwards, and there do not appear to be any bite marks or scratches on the skin, nose, or ears. However it keeps happening a few times a day, and has never happened before. She is still coming out for meals and eating hay and drinking, but we're deeply concerned by how frequent this behavior is and how upset she seems.
Any advice, thoughts, or comments would be much appreciated!