The baby is fine he is eating hay with the dad and I gave him a bath before I put him in there so he wouldn't smell like his mother. The dad chases him around the cage every once in a while but then there fine.
My Alice had four boys so she lost all her babies the same day. I have to say though that the babies were more upset, as mom and auntie were a little crowded with four boys in their space. I gave them salad with a little extra of their favourites after I seperated them. It seemed to distract them enough to stop some of the squeaking. I'm not sure if this is best but I also completely ignored their crying as I couldn't do anything about it, so I simply ignored them when they were crying and then as soon as they stopped I would love them up. After a few hours they figured out that they would only get extra attention if they didn't cry and went back to normal activities.
As for the dad he's probably just trying to assert dominence. There's not much to do unless there is bloodshed and then you need to seperate. I know its hard to hear your babies cry like that but just remember that they're better off this way.
That's so sad! I didnt have much trouble with mine. I had 2 girls and a boy. My boy Edward was lethal so his mom never missed him much when we separated him and put him with his dad. His dad did chase him a bit though.
It sounds like the baby could still smell like mom a little bit, but it could also be dominance. If you just put him in with dad without cleaning his cage then you just introduced a new male into his territory. Plus if Dad is anywhere near where he can smell the mom and the daughter you might have some problems with him fighting for the girls. In the wild guinea pigs live in harems (1 male, many females). So I would clean out the cage really well for the two males, new fleece or bedding which ever you use, so it smells like a new place. Put them in there and make sure its not within smelling distance of the females.
Took this from cavy-spirit for your reference:
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Originally Posted by Cavyspirit.com
According to Social and Behavioral Requirements of Experimental Animals, "Guinea pigs live in groups of five to ten individuals in the wild (Sutherland and Festing, 1987) and thrive under group housing, although it is unlikely that two or more sexually mature males will live together without incident unless they have been together since birth." Remember the comment here is about mature males living together with females present. "In their natural environment, guinea pigs exhibit a strong herd or family orientation, and this should be maintained in the laboratory setting, if at all possible. The one boar per harem arrangement is the recommended procedure in breeding colonies.
Safe, non-combative, dominance behavior Rumblestrutting Butt sniffing Butt nudging Chasing Butt dragging (they are leaving their scent) Mounting (any which way: rear mount, head mount, side mount, flying leap mount!) Nose face-offs (higher in the air wins, one must lower their nose to be subservient to the other) Teeth chattering: a little (signal of dominance) Raised hackles (hair on the back of the neck and along the spine)
Posturing for possible attack, battle for dominance is escalating Teeth chattering: sustained (signal of anger, aggression, warning) Nips, light bites, may result in little tufts of fur in their teeth Wide yawn, but this is no yawn, they are showing their teeth Snorting (like a strong puff or hiss)
I cleaned the cage and gave the baby a bath before introducing them.
Well it has gotten a lot better they were both laying together earlier and the squeaking has stopped for now?
Dad was probably just annoyed by something the baby did (sleeping in the pellet bowl was one of Jackie's favorite things to tick off his stepdad Doom) and had to lay down the law.
02-03-09, 03:08 pm
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