| my guinea pigs are fighting
I have 4 girl guinea pigs fighting all of a sudden. They where in a 5x2 grid or total of 14 grids cage and I expanded it to 6x2 or a total of 16 grids. You would think they would be happier with a larger cage, but instead I got major fighting. I am talking grinding of teeth , foul guinea pig language, biting and going up on hind legs and going at it. Only 3 of the 4 girls fought. Rosie who I think is elderly and who has always been big on the dominate mounting when ever any of the other girls where held or petted or she was. sometimes Rosie would nip the others but not bite. (until today) She would rumble and due the stiff back leg thing, but never chase and bite and cat like she did as soon as I finished enlarging the cage. This got the two young baby girls fighting with each other for the first time too. I thought it would be best to let them work it out at first and it did settle down between the baby girls. and I thought it was over until Rosie started up again biting and harrassing the youngest April. My husband reach in to take April out to hold and comfort her when Rosie went after him, but thankfully only with a warning nip. I took over after that taking April out, daring Rosie to bite me. She made the teeth grinding sound at me and that agree rumble sound but I think she knows better then to go after me. I am the giver of all good things to eat after all. I put in a divider and put Rosie at one end, just 6 grids total. But now she is happy and the other girls are friendly again, mind you the riffed between the two baby's in not gone completely yet but at least they are being cordial to each other and napping in the same house, but Chloe is between them. They are not sleeping side by side yet. I really do not understand this. You'd think they would be happier not at each other throats. Can anyone tell me what is going on with these girls? I am at a total loss. -Ann  | 
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04-17-08, 07:31 pm
