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rachy
Hi everyone
My husband and I treated ourselves to two beautiful cavies, Moses and Ken. We have had them just under a week and they live inside together in a spacious cage with plenty of hidey holes etc. We bought them from a garden centre and the staff there told us the boys had lived together all their short lives (Moses is 14 weeks, Ken 12 weeks).
When we first got them they seemed to get on fine but last night they spent ages chasing one another round, headbutting and squealing. Noone got hurt but it looked quite nasty. Moses is the bigger of the two and the staff from the garden centre said he was the dominant one, I'm wondering if Ken is now trying to show some dominance. Is this normal behaviour? Is this just due to settling in or the start of something more worrying?
Any advice would be very much appreciated!
Rachy
My husband and I treated ourselves to two beautiful cavies, Moses and Ken. We have had them just under a week and they live inside together in a spacious cage with plenty of hidey holes etc. We bought them from a garden centre and the staff there told us the boys had lived together all their short lives (Moses is 14 weeks, Ken 12 weeks).
When we first got them they seemed to get on fine but last night they spent ages chasing one another round, headbutting and squealing. Noone got hurt but it looked quite nasty. Moses is the bigger of the two and the staff from the garden centre said he was the dominant one, I'm wondering if Ken is now trying to show some dominance. Is this normal behaviour? Is this just due to settling in or the start of something more worrying?
Any advice would be very much appreciated!
Rachy