Dominance Do they stop Rumblestrutting at a certain age?

[Emilymae]

Does anyone know when my guinea pigs will stop rumbling at each other? They're both females and I've had them for about 5 months now and they didn't do this for the first three weeks but now it's on and off. I really need to know because they're keeping me up at night when I have school in the morning. There's nowhere else to put them other than my room(I was advised not to have them outside, I wouldn't want them outside anyways because of cold weather). I've tried all sorts, distract them with food, give them separate beds. I'm getting a bigger cage for Christmas(hopefully) if that helps but they just don't stop.

 

[bpatters]

No, not any time soon. Guinea pigs just do that. You'll need to find another place to put them, or learn to sleep with ear plugs.

 

[Emilymae]

No, not any time soon. Guinea pigs just do that. You'll need to find another place to put them, or learn to sleep with ear plugs.

Oh okay, thank you. I sleep with headphones anyway so I'm good.

 

[CavyChrissy]

A bigger cage will help too. I had my pigs in a pet store cage for the first few weeks I had them and they rumbled ALOT (even though they had been together for a while before I adopted them). Once I got them in a bigger cage, it was significantly reduced. Although they still do it occasionally, but not much.

 

[Emilymae]

A bigger cage will help too. I had my pigs in a pet store cage for the first few weeks I had them and they rumbled ALOT (even though they had been together for a while before I adopted them). Once I got them in a bigger cage, it was significantly reduced. Although they still do it occasionally, but not much.

That's such a relief honestly. At this moment it's really late and I can't sleep at all because of them. Thank you very much ^^

 

[Lesa Hendricks]

My Guinea pig does to me I don't feel I've made him not trust me anyway and he now does this to my sow when I put her near his cage

 

[Lagertha]

My Guinea pig does to me I don't feel I've made him not trust me anyway and he now does this to my sow when I put her near his cage

PLEASE make sure you have a secure lid on your sows cage if your boar isn't altered. they can and will find a way to get to the sow and accidental pregnancy will happen.

 

[xanima]

How often do they do that? If its more often then for a day every 14-18 days they could have ovarian cysts that cause hormonal problems.

My Guinea pig does to me I don't feel I've made him not trust me anyway and he now does this to my sow when I put her near his cage

Of course he does. The boars rumblestrutt to show off to impress a female when they want to mate and I will just assume your boar is not neutred, of course he wants to mate with a female. That doesn´t has anything to do with trust.