I got a Craigslist surrender that was just going to go the pound if I hadn't taken it in. The owners said she lived with a rabbit up until about a week ago (the guinea pig is 9 months old), and was super scared and lonely when the rabbit got sent to live with another rabbit friend. I asked if the rabbit ever injured or bullied the guinea pig, but they said they even ate from the same dish together. The other thing is they never really handled her in all these months, but...I don't see how the following could become an issue of this magnitude. I was looking for an older female guinea pig to keep my 2 month old female company, but this older female is traumatized. I've never seen a guinea pig act this way before. I have two 1 year old males, and of course they flee from hands, but always are super relaxed when held. It's even gotten to the point where they'll let me pet their heads in their cage.
However, this female screams bloody murder, and teeth chatters. It's so bad, she will rip through your clothes putting holes all in them and wedge in the most impossible of tight spaces to try to hide/escape. I'm not chasing her. I barely brush up against her, or clean around the cage and she goes into this panic. Her heart feels like it's racing. My little female has been making the concerned sounds nonstop since I put them together over 24 hours ago, and the older one kinda bullies the baby from food. Some hair was pulled out from the baby. I really don't have a good feeling about keeping the older piggie. It's more than I can handle, and there is a local rescue here, the LAGPR. Unfortunately, their surrender list is full, so I had to go on a waiting list. I've been crying over it, cause I don't understand what could have happened to her to make her this way. All I wanted was to give my baby piggie a friend, and honestly feels like a tragedy instead of a happy ending.
However, this female screams bloody murder, and teeth chatters. It's so bad, she will rip through your clothes putting holes all in them and wedge in the most impossible of tight spaces to try to hide/escape. I'm not chasing her. I barely brush up against her, or clean around the cage and she goes into this panic. Her heart feels like it's racing. My little female has been making the concerned sounds nonstop since I put them together over 24 hours ago, and the older one kinda bullies the baby from food. Some hair was pulled out from the baby. I really don't have a good feeling about keeping the older piggie. It's more than I can handle, and there is a local rescue here, the LAGPR. Unfortunately, their surrender list is full, so I had to go on a waiting list. I've been crying over it, cause I don't understand what could have happened to her to make her this way. All I wanted was to give my baby piggie a friend, and honestly feels like a tragedy instead of a happy ending.