Just wanted to add that I have really had no trouble introducing my adults or pups (any combo thereof) but...my female Zoe who just gave birth is a very large female (not fat) and she dominated and mounted Carlos, her mate, almost all day after i finally put them together w/o a divider. No fighting but she went thru the whole mating dance in reverse with him, from thumping to mounting and chasing (lightly, not aggressively) My only other instance of this behaviour was in my older adult male and a 6-8 week pup we originally thought was a female but was def a male. I left them together until i got new partners for them and the adult would frequently mount the younger male! The younger would also squeak. They did not fight but i have never had them squeak except as pups or young and just weaned. This was after the two had been together for some time that the mounting occured. However, both have gone on to breed their females with no outward affects! Now OT: on homosexuality in other animals. I have heard that seagull females will pair for life. But my main note is since i work in the horse breeding industry, it is interesting that occasionally we will get a mare with stallion tendencies, she will assume the "male' role so well with vocalizations, aggressiness and body language that other mares will respond to her as a stallion! They will allow themselves to be mounted and respond in body language as if they are willing to be bred which they only do around males! In fact i know one farm which routinely used a mare instead of a stallion to 'test' whether their mares were in heat and ready to be bred by the more expensive stallions, so that they did not get the blank kicked out of them (if the mare were NOT ready that is). I dont remember what the original thread was but i know it sparked some conversation so i thought ppl would find this of interest too on the horses. I might also add that it is interesting that many 'herd' groups of animals are made largely of females who bond and protect each other with one male overlooking them. Reversely bachelor bands of immature males will also bond and band together for companionship and defense,perhaps for life, yet these tendencies are not considered homosexual in nature....interesting thoughts.... Thanks for listening, TJS _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
