GuineaPigKing
New Born Pup
Hi All,
This is my first post and asking for advice. I have two male guinea pigs (8 months old approx) and these are the first two guinea pigs I've owned. They have a living area with plenty of space, two bowls, two water bottles, plenty of hay and plenty of places to hide such as little guinea pig houses. I've been buying toys regularly so they don't get bored and have a run outside in the garden aswell to keep them active.
Anyway, after approximately two months of owning them i caught them fighting and biting each other. I stopped this instantly and they didn't go near each other for a few days. They then seemed to make up and spent time together before fighting again a few days later with one of them having a very big cut on him. I tookl him to the vet and upon investigation, he had been bitten several times with approximately 6-7 bite wound marks on him without me noticing him
(((. At this point I decided to seperate them. The other guinea pig had no wound marks. I seperated them for a weeks and then re introduced them in a new neutral area, upping the amount of space, food and water for them. I watched over them as the previously injured one chattered his teeth at the other piggie. After about 20 minutes, they then had another fight. Both seemed equal in instigating the fight but the previously injured guinea pig came off much worse after about a 5 second biting fight. Lots of blood etc.. it was awful. I've obviously seperated them and decided against ever reintroducing them.
My question is this - why do you reckon they're fighting?
And what should I do next? I see my three options as they follwing:
1) Permantely seperate them in the cage. They'll both live alone unfortunately then but would be able to hear, smell and speak to each other through a mesh divider wall.
2) Return the uninjured guinea pig who appears to be winning all the fights.
3) Return the uninjured guinea pig and replace him with another guinea pig as I don't want my piggie lonely. I'm just worried that if I do this, the piggies may not get along with each other again and fight.
Thoughts/Suggestions?
FYI: The Injured Guinea Pig is really friendly and likes to be held etc. The uninjured piggie doesn't like to held and is still very nervous.
This is my first post and asking for advice. I have two male guinea pigs (8 months old approx) and these are the first two guinea pigs I've owned. They have a living area with plenty of space, two bowls, two water bottles, plenty of hay and plenty of places to hide such as little guinea pig houses. I've been buying toys regularly so they don't get bored and have a run outside in the garden aswell to keep them active.
Anyway, after approximately two months of owning them i caught them fighting and biting each other. I stopped this instantly and they didn't go near each other for a few days. They then seemed to make up and spent time together before fighting again a few days later with one of them having a very big cut on him. I tookl him to the vet and upon investigation, he had been bitten several times with approximately 6-7 bite wound marks on him without me noticing him
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My question is this - why do you reckon they're fighting?
And what should I do next? I see my three options as they follwing:
1) Permantely seperate them in the cage. They'll both live alone unfortunately then but would be able to hear, smell and speak to each other through a mesh divider wall.
2) Return the uninjured guinea pig who appears to be winning all the fights.
3) Return the uninjured guinea pig and replace him with another guinea pig as I don't want my piggie lonely. I'm just worried that if I do this, the piggies may not get along with each other again and fight.
Thoughts/Suggestions?
FYI: The Injured Guinea Pig is really friendly and likes to be held etc. The uninjured piggie doesn't like to held and is still very nervous.