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October 2001


Bonding Mike and Moki



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WEEK 1: After a real bad fight in the backyard, we tried it again in the kitchen (neutral space).
Worked out pretty good.

first contact

boys!!






WEEK 2: They spent some time together in the kitchen every day.

Mike is grooming Moki for the first time






together in the tent tunnel






WEEK 3: I moved both from the kitchen into the living room, where their cages are.
But still only half of the living room is available for them to run around.
So they have to live with each other. They go along very good!

they are cuddling...

...grooming...

...and taking a nap

Mike in the front, Moki in the back



They finally discovered how to get into the other half of the livingroom :-)






WEEK 4: Suddenly they are fighting again! Really bad!
I'll give them a break and will try the bonding again in a few weeks.






WEEK 6: Another try to bond Mike and Moki. We figured out that it works pretty good in a
really small place. Because as soon as Mike can run away, Moki bites him into his butt.

Moki is grooming Mike

Mike is grooming Moki






WEEK 9: It is getting worse every week. It usually takes less than a minute till they start fighting.
Moki even bit Mike so bad that we had to go to the Vet with him.






After three months of trying we gave up! We finally understood that these two boys weren't meant
for each other. We will try to bond each of them with a girl.