jo ditheridge
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Cavy Slave
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- Apr 13, 2005
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I have 5 guinea pigs. Two adult females. one neutered male(son of one of females), and two female babies(one from each adult female 4 and 5 weeks of age).
The adult females came from the rspca and one was pregnant. she had one male baby, who i kept and got neutured. Before this could be done he got both females pregnant. The mother of the male had two babies a week before the second female who had four, but sadly only two survived.
The male was removed from the group, and was joined 2 weeks later by his mother and her two babies.
Last weekend the two baby boys were rehomed (one from each mother) leaving the above group.
I am trying to reintroduce all the guinea pigs, but am having problems.
The mothers fight very badly, and the babies fight also. The mother of the neutered male seems the more agressive, but her female baby is being bullyied by the other female baby.
Any ideas? are the babies too young for the bathing technique? Should i wait a while before introducing the mothers and their babies? I do think that the younger baby is still feeding from its mother, would this be part of the problem?
The adult females came from the rspca and one was pregnant. she had one male baby, who i kept and got neutured. Before this could be done he got both females pregnant. The mother of the male had two babies a week before the second female who had four, but sadly only two survived.
The male was removed from the group, and was joined 2 weeks later by his mother and her two babies.
Last weekend the two baby boys were rehomed (one from each mother) leaving the above group.
I am trying to reintroduce all the guinea pigs, but am having problems.
The mothers fight very badly, and the babies fight also. The mother of the neutered male seems the more agressive, but her female baby is being bullyied by the other female baby.
Any ideas? are the babies too young for the bathing technique? Should i wait a while before introducing the mothers and their babies? I do think that the younger baby is still feeding from its mother, would this be part of the problem?
