I also used a wire screen aquarium lid as a split cage
diagonal divider and wedged and then masking taped the
sides against the tank. It worked great, except for
the very persistant female "going over the top". I'm
going to try the paper towel tubes method along the
top of the divider.
I had a separator across the width and then used a
masking tape "roof" along each side. She was able to
scramble onto his roof and chew through. Fortunately
it took her a week to figure it out and by then they
were bonded.
Donna
--- Jodie Votava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For my 10-gallon aquarium, i got an extra screen-lid
> (the kind WITHOUT a little door :) to use diagonally
> as a divider. That is a perfect fit and you dont
> have to tape it to the cage--except it's not quite
> high enough on the top, so I taped paper towel tubes
> to the top with packing tape so it would be smooth
> and the gerbs couldnt chew through.
>
> --Jodie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jill"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue Apr 03 12:27:07 PDT 2001
> Subject: Re: fighting and separation
>
> >Yes, I agree it sounds like a dominance issue-
> probably neither one is
> >willing to accept the submissive role. I had a
> similar situation with 2
> >females but they were of different ages and sizes-
> I can't even count how
> >many times I put the divider in and took it out.
> >
> > I made my divider from hardware cloth I purchased
> at Home Depot and duct
> >tape. It was a pain to take out and put back
> because it was taped in place.
> >I have heard of other using things like grated
> shelves from a refrigerator
> >that are self-supporting so they may be easier to
> take out and remove.
> >Anyone else have suggestions for an easily
> removable divider?
> >Jill
> >
> >
> >----------
> >> From: ANDREA SPIEGLE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Re: fighting and separation
> >> Date: Monday, April 02, 2001 9:22 PM
> >>
> >> Well, I bought them from a petstore, so I don't
> know their exact ages,
> >> but they were extremely small when I bought them,
> and that was this past
> >> August. I think they're both female (I'm
> horrible at telling gender and
> >> so was the person at the petstore) but they're
> definitely same-sex, as
> >> we haven't had any pups yet. There were very
> visible injuries on Mel
> >> the pied, but it was hard to tell with Hershey
> who is black. There
> >> wasn't any blood (at least that I could see) on
> the bedding but there
> >> were a few small spots on the last sheet that was
> clinging to a tp
> >> roll. They both have bites to the face/neck
> area, I didn't notice any
> >> on their tails. I did notice that before this
> fight, like the last one,
> >> they were chasing each other around with one
> trying to mount the other.
> >> I figured it was some dominance issue they were
> trying to work out.
> >> Could they be fighting because neither one wants
> to be the "submissive"
> >> one of the pair? What could I use to make a
> divider? I have to admit
> >> I'm not really the DIY type.
> >>
> >> Jill wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Are they male or female? How old?
> >> >
> >> > Chances are the fighting will continue and
> possible escalate. If you
> >could
> >> > fashion a divider that is easy to put in and
> remove and can't be
> >crossed,
> >> > then you could separate them when you're not
> there to watch. Was there
> >> > blood drawn or injuries from the fight?
> >> > Jill
> >> >
> >> >
> >
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>
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