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- Apr 27, 2009
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I am having complications introducting Budweiser (3 yr old male) to Ike (adult male aprx. 10 yrs old) and Senna (adult female). The three lived together 7 months ago, then I adopted the adults, and later adopted Budweiser. At first Ike was the aggressor, biting onto Bud's front legs and not letting go. I separated them and recreated the habitat to look different. Same thing happened. So I fed them to make sure it wasn't a food issue. The two males still fought but not as hard. It was getting late so I created a barrier so they could still get used to each other with out hurting one another. The next day, I took the males out into neutral ground and they were completely fine. I even introduced the female and still every one behaved. I thought it might be a territorial thing. I recreated the barrier for the evening. This afternoon when I got home, Budweiser was with the adults. The adults must have shifted things enough to make a large enough gap to let Bud through. Bud was by Senna and Ike was just watching. Thinking they might be fine now, I started to remove the barrier. Ike then decided to go after Budweiser. I took Budweiser and fed all of them. Deciding they likely needed more neutral time, I took the boys out again and once again they were fine. Actually, Ike seemed to try to avoid Budweiser, backing up when he came too near. I introduced Senna and things continued as if there was nothing wrong. I put the males in the habitat, and they were a bit huffy with eachother. It looked as though this time, Budweiser was the more aggressive one, but both of them did calm quickly down. I decided to add Senna into the mix. Budweiser, even though he's not a mature male, appeared as though he was trying to claim Senna for his own and Ike didn't like this. Senna didn't appear to like it either. Both males started to become agressive. They are currently separated. I need to know what to do next. I'm running out of options. PLEASE HELP!!