Pretty pair!

[Essentia]

Anyone who knows me knows I hate doing introductions. They stress me out to no end and yeah....I just hate everything about them. Well these two girls I had been trying to introduce for the past two weeks, and they had done pretty well, but not well enough for me to put them together. Both Sora and Pixie have have been in a pair in the past, and neither is aggressive so I know it was possible, it was just myself getting over the fear or introductions.

Well I had done cage in cage a few times and they got along while one was in the cage, but never outside of it. Never any severe aggression, but chasing and a bit of fur pulling. Today I was cleaning cages and decided to give another method a try. "Smooshing". I know some people find this mean, and you are more than welcome to your opinion. For me, it worked like a charm. I completely cleaned out Pixie's cage (the larger of the two) and changed out all the shelves and fleece items so that all their smells were gone. I also trimmed the whiskers of both girls. Then put both of them in one side of a two hole carrier and we went on a 30 min. car ride. The entire car ride there wasn't any aggression at all. They just groomed each other and layed on each other when they got comfy enough. By the time we got home they were both asleep. I gave the cage a once over with vinegar and let it dry while they spent a tiny bit more time together in the carrier. I let them out and woo hoooooooo for not a single speck of aggression! No chasing, no nothing. I now have a girly pair. If everything works out between them I will adopt them out together and they will have a forever friend again. :kiss:

Now here are some pictures of the two babies together. No cuddling pics yet as they both wanted to investigate the new cage before settling in for sleepy time. Photobucket is down so I'll have to attach them here.

#1 is them in their carrier looking all pathetic.
#2 & #3 is in the new cage.
#4 Tiny whiskers!

 

[Stackie]

Congrats! I hope they continue to get along. They are cute together. )

 

[Tanya]

Glad to hear the introduction went great! :dance3: Hope they continue to get along, so they can be adopted together!
Girls look so sweet and happy!

 

[AZChins]

Congrats on the intro. They'll get along. Whisker trimming normally does the trick...but sometimes those females are just too catty even with that. hehehe

 

[Essentia]

Congrats! I hope they continue to get along. They are cute together. )

They are being watched like a hawk right now, but I to am hopeful.

Sora is a bit stressed out, but she gets stressed with any change so I'm not sure if it has to do with Pixie or the new cage. She's sitting all alone in the bottom of the cage, but Pixie is being a good girl and isn't chasing her or anything. They are just sleeping in their separate areas right now.

 

[Sandi]

That first pic is so funny. I too hope they get along. I no longer have a pair together and miss the view of snuggly chins.

 

[Pleiades]

Yay! I'm happy for you- I love to hear about successful intros. It's interesting you got that result with the smoosh.

Is that a typical length to trim whiskers to?

 

[Essentia]

I ended up taking Pixie out and trimming her whiskers even shorter. She started chasing Sora a bit. I'm laying on my bed with my hawk eyes on them.

I don't really like the way Pixie is acting towards her so I may separate and give them more time. I think I jumped the gun.

 

[Dragonflye]

I totally understand the "fear of intros" thing. I am such a wuss when it comes to pairing my guys up. I let them out to play in groups, but living together 24/7 is different. I think intros stress me as much if not more than the chins...