A friend of mine has a trio of females and was considering adding a male (neutered), the male chosen loves company and one of the females like sitting with him and even in a split run likes to sit near the run divide near to him, another female is just indifferent to him and pays him no notice but the last female and youngest is really mean to him ! she lunges at him and nudges and nips him, he does not retaliate and just tries to move away, but between both of them there are open mouthed displays. I wondered if anyone else had seen this in females and will they get over it so there could be a successful grouping of the male to the females?
abnormal female?
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Hmmm.... that's a tricky one. It doesn't sound too promising if she is lunging at him through the bars. Try threading hay through the dividing mesh so that they can eat from both sides, this can help with positive interaction.
Is the young girl the undersow in the group of girls? Just wondering if she is trying to establish a new place in the hierarchy. Not meaning to patronise in any way, but are you sure she is a girl?
Not all girls will accept a boy or it may be that he is not the right boy for her. It sounds as if he is quite submissive.
Hopefully there will be more people around tomorrow who can advise.
Is the young girl the undersow in the group of girls? Just wondering if she is trying to establish a new place in the hierarchy. Not meaning to patronise in any way, but are you sure she is a girl?
Not all girls will accept a boy or it may be that he is not the right boy for her. It sounds as if he is quite submissive.
Hopefully there will be more people around tomorrow who can advise.
clairelove
Adult Guinea Pig
was going say the same thing is it poss she isnt a she but a he?
no she's definitely a SHE 100% , and through the bars she's okay and popcorning around , but together its a different story although she does have a go at him then popcorn as if it was the best thing ever ! she's a bit of a weirdo tbh and yes in answer to your Q she is the youngest and the underling.
Niki
Senior Guinea Pig
Some sows just do not like boars & vice versa tho' boars not liking sows are rarer.
I've had a sow who would launch herself at boars yet would accept any sow.
If she is bottom of the pecking order it sounds like she's trying to assert dominance over him which is fine as long as he doesn't react or if he does put her in her place, it's how she responds.
I personally would keep trying them together, a bit of nipping & nudging is ok. If she's lunging with intent to bite then i'd separate to let her cool off but if she's lunging with no intent & then i'd leave them & keep watching.
When introducing they must have enough space where he can get out of her way & she can see he's no threat. Have nothing in there that has only one entrance so no-one can be entrapped.
I've had a sow who would launch herself at boars yet would accept any sow.
If she is bottom of the pecking order it sounds like she's trying to assert dominance over him which is fine as long as he doesn't react or if he does put her in her place, it's how she responds.
I personally would keep trying them together, a bit of nipping & nudging is ok. If she's lunging with intent to bite then i'd separate to let her cool off but if she's lunging with no intent & then i'd leave them & keep watching.
When introducing they must have enough space where he can get out of her way & she can see he's no threat. Have nothing in there that has only one entrance so no-one can be entrapped.
when I tried to introduce my male(neutered) to my females my dominant female from the group didn't like my male at all.. she would chin up at him and even on some ocasions open her mouth when he past her and nudge him out of the way... but i found with time she did tolerate him, (even though he was very submissive and loved the other 5girls) so what i done was alot of "feeding together" moments... grass was a good thing.. i kept putting piles of grass everywhere so they would eat together, and i found it worked and now i have 6 piggies living all happily together..
but that was my method and how it worked.. not all methods work with other piggies.
but that was my method and how it worked.. not all methods work with other piggies.
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