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2 boys

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Question
Thanks ahead for taking the time. I got 2 baby males yesturday as a gift. One is a skinny & the other is a baldwin. Problem is. The smaller one, the baldwin keeps going after the other one. I just put them in different cages because every time the skinny went to eat his brother attacked him. Chasing him & biting him. he won't bite back just runs & cries in the corner. Will I ever be able to put them in the same cage again. Thanks

Answer
Hi Debbie,
It was clever to put them in 2 seperate cages for the time being.
A solution could be that you make a type of hidy-hole for the baldwin.
You told me that he was skinny and the other one was bigger, so if you made a place in the cage where only the little one could fit and the bigger one couldn't, it might work.
Something you could do is block of part of the cage off(with something stable) leaving enough room for the little one to fit through and not the big one.
Make sure that the thing you put up won't fall!!
Hopefully after a while the bigger one will get the point and will stop harrasing the little one.
I hope this helps.
If you have more questions don't hesitate to ask.
Amparo