I work at a chain pet supply store. A pair of classroom guinea pigs were brought in and surrendered. I brought them home and built them a nice big C&C cage. Everything was going great. I should have just been happy with what I had. But after about a year someone surrendered a bunch of babies and there was this one that was soooooo cute. I had to have her. I don't have a lot of experience introducing new pigs. I just put the baby in with the other two after a few days. I thought it would be okay since its just a baby. Everything seemed okay at first, but then the new one started being a bully. She chases the other ones around, she rumble struts. She'll chase them around till they start wheeking, and it sounds very stressed.
One of the original pigs had a stroke. I had to put her in her own separate cage till she recovered. When she was all better I put her back with the others, but it didn't go well. They were both acting overly dominant towards her. They were cornering her and making her cower and she would stress wheek. They would peck at her a bit. So I put up a divider in their cage using the cubes walls that the cage is made out of so that they can still see each other and smell each other and hopefully get used to each other again. I've tried to remove the wall and let them all be together again but they still bully her, even her original cage mate. Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone have any tips on what I should do?
One of the original pigs had a stroke. I had to put her in her own separate cage till she recovered. When she was all better I put her back with the others, but it didn't go well. They were both acting overly dominant towards her. They were cornering her and making her cower and she would stress wheek. They would peck at her a bit. So I put up a divider in their cage using the cubes walls that the cage is made out of so that they can still see each other and smell each other and hopefully get used to each other again. I've tried to remove the wall and let them all be together again but they still bully her, even her original cage mate. Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone have any tips on what I should do?