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Do you have any suggestions for helping to introduce a spoiled chin?

Lily is the baby in the family, we bought her when she was 2 months old from a family who didn't realize their chin was pregnant. She was the only kit in her liter, and has been the center of attention for her entire life (all 5 months of it). She enjoys play time with our male Chance, however they are not housed together (Chance only likes company is small doses). We really wanted Lily to have a cagemate so we adopted Donna, who was caged with other chins at a petstore about six months ago, but has been living alone since her previous owners bought her.

As of right now all three chins are living in separate cages. Both of the girls get along with chance and have play time with him. However, the girls are showing no desire of getting along with each other. Lily has become very territorial of the apartment, my boyfriend, Chance, and myself. She runs up to Donna's cage to try and nip at her. Since Lily has show hostility Donna has started to mimick the behavior. The one time we tried to have all three chins meet in the bathroom Lily and Donna started to fight (they were separated before anyone got hurt).

Do you have any suggestions for helping our spoiled girl adjust to Donna? We have been doing a lot of research into different methods for helping chins bond. We are very serious about giving their relationship a chance, we understand that we will need to be patient, and we are curious as to any advice you can offer us.

Thanks

How close are Lily and Donnas cages to each other? Sometimes it takes a while for females to bond with other females and sometimes its overnight. If you like give me a call and I can discuss with you a few options that may work. My number is on the contact page.

this happens to be very common females tend to do this alot but males will bond keep in mind though if you keep them away from eachother for awhile then try to have them reunite they may not fight