Hi everybody,
I just purchased 2 young male guinea pigs from petsmart (i wish i knew that guinea adoption in pairs was a thing before I bought 2 young guys!) They lived in the same cage at petsmart, so when I brought them home i put them in a neutral area and into a midwest style cage in the same day. I have a large exercise pen that I have been putting them in daily for the past week. They seem to be doing fine, however, one of them teeth chatters very frequently, and if he's out in the pen it will turn into a weird slow walk where he gets really low and then he'll start doing what looks like a weird popcorning/flailing. The other one NEVER teeth chatters or rumblestruts, and he usually runs away but i'm worried that this will turn into more agressive behavior as they go through their teen years where the submissive one will challenge. Are these normal guinea pig behaviors? I feel like a worried mom
I just purchased 2 young male guinea pigs from petsmart (i wish i knew that guinea adoption in pairs was a thing before I bought 2 young guys!) They lived in the same cage at petsmart, so when I brought them home i put them in a neutral area and into a midwest style cage in the same day. I have a large exercise pen that I have been putting them in daily for the past week. They seem to be doing fine, however, one of them teeth chatters very frequently, and if he's out in the pen it will turn into a weird slow walk where he gets really low and then he'll start doing what looks like a weird popcorning/flailing. The other one NEVER teeth chatters or rumblestruts, and he usually runs away but i'm worried that this will turn into more agressive behavior as they go through their teen years where the submissive one will challenge. Are these normal guinea pig behaviors? I feel like a worried mom