Hi everyone,
Today we picked up a new guinea pig from the pet store. We have an 8 sq. foot Midwest guinea cage and a pigloo as well as wooden Kaytee home. The guinea pig we had at home is a male shorthair around 6 months old. The new one is also a male short hair although he is 4 months old. We tried bonding them outside in a large and safe area of the yard. They seemed to get along fine, they sniffed each other for a while, so we moved them to the cage. We had just cleaned the cage and rearranged it the pigs went in and immediately holed up with the new one in the pigloo and old one in the wooden home. We were worried as they kept chattering and thought we might give them more space in the neutral area. We put them back out then they approached each other and started vibrating/chattering and then started fighting tooth and nail. We immediately pulled them apart then made a divider so they can see and smell eath other but do no physical damage. We weren't sure how bad it would get, they are currently teeth grinding, swinging hips, and purring/growling/vibrating through the divider screen. Our old one seems to be the provocative guinea pig in this situation. No blood has been drawn so should I take out the divider and let them work it out, or should I keep it? ANy other tips on bonding them would be great!!!
Thanks in advance!
Today we picked up a new guinea pig from the pet store. We have an 8 sq. foot Midwest guinea cage and a pigloo as well as wooden Kaytee home. The guinea pig we had at home is a male shorthair around 6 months old. The new one is also a male short hair although he is 4 months old. We tried bonding them outside in a large and safe area of the yard. They seemed to get along fine, they sniffed each other for a while, so we moved them to the cage. We had just cleaned the cage and rearranged it the pigs went in and immediately holed up with the new one in the pigloo and old one in the wooden home. We were worried as they kept chattering and thought we might give them more space in the neutral area. We put them back out then they approached each other and started vibrating/chattering and then started fighting tooth and nail. We immediately pulled them apart then made a divider so they can see and smell eath other but do no physical damage. We weren't sure how bad it would get, they are currently teeth grinding, swinging hips, and purring/growling/vibrating through the divider screen. Our old one seems to be the provocative guinea pig in this situation. No blood has been drawn so should I take out the divider and let them work it out, or should I keep it? ANy other tips on bonding them would be great!!!
Thanks in advance!