HannibalLecter
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Cavy Slave
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- Joined
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Long story short, I have a very sexually aggressive sow. Have written about this before a few months ago.
She has always had a rough time when she's in heat, but it was normal every 16 days, lasting 2-3 days at a time & she would then go back to normal.
Her behavour has continously escalated, & she's now acting like she's in heat every day, non stop day & night. Nothing is more important to her anymore then the constant rumblestrutting, humping, chasing & guarding. Unfortunately, this means she's taking it out on her cage mate. Both have now lost weight from all the running, and the poor female cage mate has started to actually chirp in desperation a few days ago.
It still gets even worse on the regular "in heat" days, but if this doesn't stop, I will have to separate them & they are really close otherwise.
She's not showing any other sign of ovarian cysts other than the sexual aggression, it's purely hormonal. No hairloss & more importantly no enlarged abdominal area or lumps. I've been told that even small cysts are quite easy to feel. I will take her to the vet for an ultrasound regardless I should add.
I contacted the only large, proper known guinea pig shelter in my country with good knowlege in medical & behavioural issues. And got the advice to adopt a neutered male. As this supposedly will calm down these hormonally overactive girls & female groups.
I've never found such information here, and therefore I need advice on whether I sould bring another pig into my home, with the risk of ending up with a third pig in a dysfunctonal herd.
She has always had a rough time when she's in heat, but it was normal every 16 days, lasting 2-3 days at a time & she would then go back to normal.
Her behavour has continously escalated, & she's now acting like she's in heat every day, non stop day & night. Nothing is more important to her anymore then the constant rumblestrutting, humping, chasing & guarding. Unfortunately, this means she's taking it out on her cage mate. Both have now lost weight from all the running, and the poor female cage mate has started to actually chirp in desperation a few days ago.
It still gets even worse on the regular "in heat" days, but if this doesn't stop, I will have to separate them & they are really close otherwise.
She's not showing any other sign of ovarian cysts other than the sexual aggression, it's purely hormonal. No hairloss & more importantly no enlarged abdominal area or lumps. I've been told that even small cysts are quite easy to feel. I will take her to the vet for an ultrasound regardless I should add.
I contacted the only large, proper known guinea pig shelter in my country with good knowlege in medical & behavioural issues. And got the advice to adopt a neutered male. As this supposedly will calm down these hormonally overactive girls & female groups.
I've never found such information here, and therefore I need advice on whether I sould bring another pig into my home, with the risk of ending up with a third pig in a dysfunctonal herd.