GPlove94
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I've had my two male guinea pigs Hunter and Rambo together for 6 months(they are both 1 years old now). Rambo is the boss and Hunter is more of the laid back friendly cuddly piggy. They've gotten along pretty well with the normal occasional rumble strutting and teeth chattering, no major fighting; and they always slept, ate, and munched on hay next to each other.
I just recently adopted my 3rd 1 year old male guinea pig Chester 3 weeks ago. I had to do introductions twice, since the first intro didn't go well. They got along for 1 week with normal dominance behavior, but Chester and Rambo has fought numerous times not to the point of blood shed though. The 2nd week Chester and Rambo has no longer fought just rumble strut and teeth chatter, they no longer full out lounge and fight each other.
This current 3rd week though, Chester and Rambo has started bullying my poor baby Hunter. If Hunter is just standing there Chester would try to nip him. Anytime Hunter would try to get out of his igloo to eat pellets/hay or drink Rambo would chase him away and Hunter would run squealing fearfully back to his igloo. Its gotten to the point where Hunter would just stay in his igloo until Rambo and Chester fall asleep. I hear constant squealing coming from Hunter and it makes me feel extremely awful.
I'm not sure if this is normal hierarchy positioning or what? No major blood shed has occur or anything just bullying. Hunter hasn't seem to lost any weight despite the bullying but he has gotten chubbier due to lack of exercise, since he's afraid and cant leave his igloo for most of the day. As far as space I know that boys are very territorial so all 3 of my piggies live in a spacious 3x4 single level cage with 3 pigglos, 2 tunnels, 1 cozy sack & cuddle cup, 2 pellet bowls, 2 water bottles, and one large/wide hay rack. If this is normal hierarchy positioning how long will this last? When and should I separate?
I just recently adopted my 3rd 1 year old male guinea pig Chester 3 weeks ago. I had to do introductions twice, since the first intro didn't go well. They got along for 1 week with normal dominance behavior, but Chester and Rambo has fought numerous times not to the point of blood shed though. The 2nd week Chester and Rambo has no longer fought just rumble strut and teeth chatter, they no longer full out lounge and fight each other.
This current 3rd week though, Chester and Rambo has started bullying my poor baby Hunter. If Hunter is just standing there Chester would try to nip him. Anytime Hunter would try to get out of his igloo to eat pellets/hay or drink Rambo would chase him away and Hunter would run squealing fearfully back to his igloo. Its gotten to the point where Hunter would just stay in his igloo until Rambo and Chester fall asleep. I hear constant squealing coming from Hunter and it makes me feel extremely awful.
I'm not sure if this is normal hierarchy positioning or what? No major blood shed has occur or anything just bullying. Hunter hasn't seem to lost any weight despite the bullying but he has gotten chubbier due to lack of exercise, since he's afraid and cant leave his igloo for most of the day. As far as space I know that boys are very territorial so all 3 of my piggies live in a spacious 3x4 single level cage with 3 pigglos, 2 tunnels, 1 cozy sack & cuddle cup, 2 pellet bowls, 2 water bottles, and one large/wide hay rack. If this is normal hierarchy positioning how long will this last? When and should I separate?
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