Guinea pig scrap...

Willowthehamster · 08-10-2012, 05:16 AM

After getting 3 female girls all from P@H they started to fight at first so we separated one which i know sounds mean but she was jumping on top of the small one (oreo) so we didn't have a choice... After being lonely we decided to reintroduce her which again sounds bad but it suprisingly worked really well and they havent had a fight since!

After that we decided to adopt 2 male guinea pigs so we were searching the internet and found a very good guinea pig adoption charity in Leeds so we went and adopted 2 male guinea pigs and when we got home they started being really aggressive towards each other (at this stage we thought it was normal) we left it a few days and it just got worse! one of them had pulled some of the other ones fur out! painful I know but lucky it wasnt more! We are going to contact the lady we purchased them from and ask her why but the weird thing is they 'week' every time they are taken apart from each other as if to say 'don't seperate us!' even if it's just a few seconds of being apart, so we don't know what to do! Even the descrition written on the website said 'we have a strong bond' any suggestions o why they are acting this way would be appreciated

Thanks

Willowthehamster · 08-10-2012, 05:20 AM

Oh and also they only chunter their teeth and bully each other when we are in the room and they act like BFFS when they don't know we are there!

Call me Alison · 08-10-2012, 05:23 AM

my 2 male guinea pigs are exactly the same Hun.

they can be fine with each other all day then have the odd scrap, i did the same as you tried to separate and then went mad with continuous squeaking and going mad until i eventually put them back together.

(i got both of them from gum tree)

from what i've read i think boys are more prone to fighting and a guinea pig rescue i called rec having them neutered and then bonding them with a female.

both boys with a female each in a sep hutch.
it's so difficult i feel the same as you at the moment xxx

Call me Alison · 08-10-2012, 05:23 AM

same as with mine as well they seem to do it to put on a show for us!! x

Willowthehamster · 08-10-2012, 05:28 AM

Thanks! My mum is contacting them now haha

Willowthehamster · 08-10-2012, 05:35 AM

They told us it was just working out who is boss because they have been moved lots so it's just what males do she said

Call me Alison · 08-10-2012, 05:39 AM

George def thinks he's the boss of bungle lol

the woman i had them from sald that i was the 3rd person to have them in 3 months so I'm not surprised! xx

Willowthehamster · 08-10-2012, 05:49 AM

Aww poor pigs. They are at the right home now, i'm sure you take good care of them

mangoandmimi · 08-10-2012, 06:59 AM

Yeah when we got our boys they were very.... like that for a while

Eventually, Brussels became lead pig and Sprout's now fine with it. Give them a few weeks and they'll hopefully be be okay.

Willowthehamster · 08-10-2012, 08:35 AM

Thanks

With the girls it changes everyday haha! The funniest things is when little oreo tries to stand up to big Ruby and Millie just sits there and watches them (I must say Millie is a completely dopey guinea pig!)