Until recently I had what seemed to be a fairly well bonded clan of girls--three sisters (nearly identical agoutis) who had been together since birth. They slept together, ran in the wheel together, everything seemed fine. We returned from the movies one night to discover two gerbils and the remains of a third. We decided to clean the cage and then put the two remaining girls back together. They bulit a nest and went to sleep and in fact were fine until the next time I changed the bedding in the tank. Shortly after returning them to the clean tank, the fatter sister started chasing the smaller sister around and seemed to be trying to bite her. We divided the cage and have left them in split cage for almost a week now, switching sides every night. Is there any hope for these girls? Are they doomed to a separate existence for the remainder of their lives? They aren't quite a year old yet.
Diana
