Charolette1
New Born Pup
I have just recently had them rehomed to me. They are an extremely bonded pair. Unfortunately I wasnt expecting what I was told when the lady was telling me about them and the state things were in. The father and daughter brough them in a small but a longer cage the gentleman just rolled them up and into my apt from downstairs and the daughter held the water bottle. So when they came in and the family left I saw the way they were kept. The 2 males had been together kept in this small cage because they didnt get along with the 2 in the bigger cage. They walked on top of each other only had the one hut and an empty bowl. Just a few pieces of hay. I was told this is where they stayed in and she had run out of pellets for them 3 days before they came. Right away i filled the bowl with pellets and hay and they devoured right into it all. So I had moved them to a cage 2x the size of that one just to give them more room and a cleaner area. They were doing great with it. So I have been getting the items together and put up a c and c cage 5 by 2 they had both their two huts and hay and as well water water bottle and had put in a couple also of beds and cuddle spots and it was when they saw my female on the other side of the room the one really went crazy. Biting the bars to get to her which i stopped right away then the two males started on themselves. The one that was biting at the bars started in on the other one jumping on him and taking a jump from the side on top of most of his body. It was then the squealling started. Not all from the guinea on top it was from the one underneath and running. then the other jumped and started what looked like he was trying to mate with the other from behind. I put them in the bigger cage that they were more familiar with and it took a while as well as guinea pig relaxation music things calmed down. I have been thinking was too big a jump from the size they were always in and even the one I had so that it really scared them or there was something in the c and c cage I didnt think of that would have helped them feel safe and settled. I have rearranged the c and c cage so on one end there is its own spot they can go in so that is that ones and then on the other end the same thing just in a different direction so that one has its own spot. I have the area for the hay and the water and a common area. Its a beginning that i am starting on to get their live better. Does anyone have any advice or ideas that I have forgotten didnt know about or anything else I can do to help them make this next cage okay and safe for them that would be great. I really want the best for the 2 as my own female guinea pig I adopted from the humane society here.