Projectile pee?

[~Cali~]

Hi, I was just wondering do piggies usually, um..."take aim and shoot"? I've recently gotten 2 baby pigs so my girl could have some company (she was so lonely!) and since then she's been acting differently. First it was grooming them, playing with them, letting them crawl under her. But now if they go near her she chases them away and chatters at them, and even started 'taking aim' at them. A baby walked behind her yesterday and she shot pee at her? ( it's sounds weird I know) I'm so confused! Is it a defence mechanism of some sort? She usually uses my mother as her personal toilet, she will pee on my mom when mom picks her up, but now she will just turn around when shes on the floor and pee at her. The only time she (guinea pig) doesn't mind being with the babies is when they eat, they will sit there and eat together bubbling away, but when the food is done its back to chasing them away. By The Way.The babies have a seperate cage thats right beside hers, they get to see each other everytime they want to, and the only time they get to be together is when I'm in the room. (which is often) I introduced them in neutral territory as well it was great but then it went down hill. *sigh*. But on a slightly lighter note I've got 2 more piggies to spoil! Any advice would be appreciated! Thanx

[jdomans]

Yep. Right after Sable came to just visit and we had floortime, Polly started marking things just like a tom-cat.

[VoodooJoint]

It's normal and nothing to worry about.

[Percy's Mom]

You said things went "downhill". Are you just talking about the spraying? If that's all it is, you should probably leave them together. Even if their cages are next to each other, every time they get together at all they are going to have to reestablish who is the dominant pig. Unless someone is physically getting hurt, the together/seperation dance is much more stress than they need.

[salana]

Suzi likes to spray everyone. She has taught every pig around her to not stick their noses in her butt or else they'll get a faceful of pee.

[aqh88]

Usually only pigs with quite a bit of attitude spray but any female that gets annoyed enough will do it. It's the ultimate warning of stay away so they don't have to actually injure the other guinea pig. Unless there is bloodshed, tons of ripped fur, or some are not being allowed to eat and drink for many days in a row then you should not seperate them. Baby pigs need to learn from the adult now what these signals mean before they get old enough to actually start a fight. Otherwise I've dealt with a few that were raised by themselves or only with other babies and just can't learn to get along with other guinea pigs. They don't understand how to communicate on an adult level.

[csharpmajor]

I second what Percy's Mom said, as long as they're not seriously fighting the sooner you house them together the better. Once they properly establish dominance things will probably settle down.

[~Cali~]

Thank you all for your help and advice! I will put them together and hope everything goes great. At least now I know what she is doing and won't worry so much.