Question regarding introducing two already bonded males to a third male.

[chanandmon]

Okay so a while back my male and female had their first baby, it was a male I named Joey (the mom and dad are Chandler and Monica). When monica had her second son, I kept her and the newborn together while the father and the other son stayed together. Knowing that keeping my female around with the boys could cause trouble I gave her to a friend who had a group of females. She fits in great with them. Now I have Dad and Son who are bonded very, very well, and the new son who I am trying to introduce to the already bonded pair.

I've done all of the normal pairing procedures, cages beside eachother, and there were no issues there. When playing together the Dad and the youngest get along fine, but the two younger ones seem to be clashing. At this point I've switched the young ones cages so the youngest is with Dad and the other son is in the other cage.

Are there any other strategies when introducing a third kit to an already bonded pair? There's tons of information on introducing two, can't really find much introducing a third. If it's the same as introducing two then I'm confident this will end up working out but if there's anything else I could do to make the transition a little bit easier that would be awesome.

Thanks in advance everyone,
-Chris

 

[Strevale]

You probably shouldn't keep any males together if any females are in the general vicinity. If it doesn't seem to working you shouldn't force it, some chins are just incompatible.

 

[jbcstratton]

You probably shouldn't keep any males together if any females are in the general vicinity. If it doesn't seem to working you shouldn't force it, some chins are just incompatible.

I disagree, alot of people keep males together with females around. If there is fighting when the females go into heat then you may have to seperate. But fighting can happen anytime and for no known reason at all.