bullying

Hi hi :) So, my two piggies are about 10 months old. I’ve observed them do their little dominance dance many times throughout the 9 months that I’ve had them, and recently noticed a shift in their little hierarchy. Kino has been acting more dominant and has now become the top pig, whereas Fen’s...

Hi all. 👋🏼 I posted previously about one of my boys nipping the other and drawing blood. They settled down immediately after that and all has been quiet, however I have been on super high alert watching their behaviour since then. It seems like dominant pig is using the sub pig’s bed as his...

Hello, looking to find some advice on a recent development in our herd. We have one male and three spayed females, all between 2-3 years old that have been together for their entire lives. Habitat: We have a two story C&C cage with a large ramp, roughly 12sq ft for the first floor and 4sq ft...

Hi! I have two male guinea pigs that I got at a pet shop, I chose those who seemed to be cuddling and playing together the most. They were still very young, they're approximately 6 months old now. However, about a month ago, they started fighting; after observing a little, it seems that one...

I have three boys who have lived together without problems, since I brought home my 1 year old last july and my 5 month old in january. I have a 5 year old who has been here from the start, but surprisingly he was very lenient with the two babies coming home and had no issues with them. All of...

Hi guys! I rescued two skinny pigs from a local rescue in February. They are going to be two years old in July. I know that boys can be aggressive with each other, but I’m having a hard time determining if what I’m seeing warrants separating. One is specifically the bully, and the other never...

Hi Everyone, I would really appreciate some help on what to do with my 2 boars. So I’m used to them displaying dominance behaviours, we do have one boar who is particularly territorial and bossy. HOWEVER I feel like it’s now become more of a bullying issue. I’ve noticed our dominant piggie...

I've had three lovely boy guinea pigs since they were about 2 months old, they are now around 3-4 months old and we've kept them together for about a month and a half without issue. Two of the pigs have started fighting. There was a big fight between the two out of nowhere and blood was drawn -...

We adopted 5 guinea pigs, and one ended up being pregnant with one little boy. We named him Little Man and kept him seperate until he could be neutered. He is neutered and healed and we introduced him to the herd. They took a couple days to rerank themselves, which is always a hard transition...

Hi everyone. I just recently adopted (three days ago) two piggies. The previous owner had no information on them and their living conditions were not very good. From what I could tell these are two boys. One is quite a bit bigger than the other and seems to always bully the smaller one...

Hello I’m new to this website! I have a big issue at the moment with my 3 boars. At the start they were all together in the same cage from babies. 2 of the boars (buzz and woody) were bought for my little brother and the last boar (bullseye) was bought for a family friend. Our two bonded...

Hi! I'm super worried about one of my 4 sows, I have had them for about a month and a half now and they're roughly 3 months old. They have settled so well and 3 of which are eating out of my hand! The other one who is a little more shy still hasn't eaten out of my hand and is the one I am...

Hello. I have 2 board, about 8-9 months old. The have a 15 sq ft C&C cage. The dominant one has always been sort of mean, but for the past day or so, he has been non stop chasing and rumbling at the other pig, and won’t even let him eat hay (there’s two hay racks)He will corner him and climb on...

Hello all, it has been quite a while since I posted but I have run into quite an issue. Piper and Kiersten were 2 bonded females that have been a great pair since I got them a couple of years ago. Last Friday, I noticed that one of my girls (Kiersten) was having a coughing and sneezing fits. I...

Hello. I have had two boars for about 6 months now. I would say they are about 8 months old. They are living in a 2x5 C&C cage with a large hay rack in the middle, plenty of hides and two water bottles. I believe one of my pigs is bullying the other. He often corners him and makes him squeal in...

Hey everyone, I'm new to the community and I've had a couple of guinea pigs for a while now. They've always been very relaxed and fun to hold and play with, but just recently (in the last week or so) my long haired one has begun to bully and harm the short haired one and it's now showing scabs...

This is a long story so I’ll try to keep it as brief as possible... I have 3 boars, one who is ~3 1/2 years old (Garf) and two others who are 1 3/4 years old (Ozzy and Ted). Originally Garf lived with another guinea pig who sadly died, so I got Ozzy and Ted to keep him company (this was about 1...

Hi, I have 3 guinea pigs. 1 is 2 years old, the other is 24 weeks and the new one I got is 12 weeks. The 2 year old and 24 week old ones have shared a 3 x 5 cage for months and are fine. I introduced the 12 week one by building a small c&c cage inside the 3 x 5 for a week and they all popcorned...

So after the loss of my Panic, I got my guinea Fleetwood a new cage mate, we quarantined her for about a week and then went to the vet and got an all clear. We introduced over 3 days of holding them both, but not caving them together. Yesterday my dad was holding both of them and said Fleetwood...

About one month ago my hamster sadly passed away and my sister decided to get guinea pigs instead this time. There were originally 3 at the pet store together (all males), but I could only get 2 so I bought two of them and then 2 weeks later we came back to get the third one who was then by...