We weaned 2 litters (10 kits total) at 8 weeks to a colony-style pen some weeks ago.
Since then, there have been several instances of fighting, all involving running in circles chasing each other until eventually two would get in a death ball.
We figured out two of the three males had been the worst aggressors and butchered them, and separated the third when we saw the girls were still getting nasty.
But now, the girls are still occasionally getting in fights specifically when we let them out of the hutches in the morning. They get too excited, start zooming around, zooming turns to chasing, etc. There doesn't seem to be any specific aggressive one now and they are only 11 weeks old. The litter is otherwise incredibly well-behaved, super sociable and love to sleep against each other.
Are there any potential reasons this might be happening or things I could do to prevent the infighting?
Since then, there have been several instances of fighting, all involving running in circles chasing each other until eventually two would get in a death ball.
We figured out two of the three males had been the worst aggressors and butchered them, and separated the third when we saw the girls were still getting nasty.
But now, the girls are still occasionally getting in fights specifically when we let them out of the hutches in the morning. They get too excited, start zooming around, zooming turns to chasing, etc. There doesn't seem to be any specific aggressive one now and they are only 11 weeks old. The litter is otherwise incredibly well-behaved, super sociable and love to sleep against each other.
Are there any potential reasons this might be happening or things I could do to prevent the infighting?