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Dominance Two new guinea pigs, establishing dominance??

mscgl2509

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Hi everyone. One of my guinea pigs, Casey, passed away a couple of weeks ago. He only lived with one other guinea pig, Poncho. Poncho is still pretty young, about four months. Yesterday, I introduced Poncho to two new piggies: Cashew and Noodle. Cashew is a little older, about six months, and Noodle is just a wee little thing, only about two months.

Cashew and Noodle knew each other previously as they both lived in the same cage at the rescue where I got them. I brought Poncho to the rescue and had them introduced to each other there. It was fine. When I took them home, I had them play on the floor while I cleaned the cage thoroughly. They were fine on the floor, except for that Cashew and Noodle were sitting together and Poncho was out by himself. I cleaned out the cage, the hidey-huts, the water bottles, and the hay racks with water and white vinegar to get rid of Casey's scent :(

I just put these boys in the cage last night with some hay in the center of the cage. Noodle is so little, I think he just understands that he's not the dominant one. But Poncho and Cashew are really fighting it out. No blood yet, but they're chattering constantly, poised to fight. I think that Poncho is having a hard time with this since it was his cage before, and Cashew is just bigger, so he's trying to be dominant.

My problem is that I have to go to work, and I don't want to come home to hurt piggies!!! Any suggestions? I don't have any hidey-huts in the cage. When I tried to put them in, Poncho just followed Cashew around into the huts chattering.
 
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