I.R.Haz.Piggie
New Born Pup
So a couple months ago we got our first guinea pig, his name is Figaro, figgy for short who is about 5 months. After getting a much larger cage we decided to get him a companion sense I see everywhere that it is strongly encouraged, since figgy is a male, we decided to get another boar. His name is Shadow. He is about 2-3 months. We have a cage that has a divider in the middle, So since he pet store assured us of their quarantine period, we decided to see how they would take each other, Figgy seemed extremely happy, hes barely made any noise since we got him and the minute we put Shadow in, he started wheekin up a storm, they seemed to be licking each other through the cage so we decided to see how they would act together, they were both doing typical boar dominance, showing teeth, rumblestruts, mounting, after 20 minutes things got a bit tense, neither one was giving, so we decided to put the divider back. Just a few lunges and such not any extreme aggressiveness it seems. They both immediately keep going back to the divider to climb up and lick each other and nibble gently. Figgy seems almost upset, it seems like they want to bond.
My questions are if anyone thinks i should open it back up and only intervene if they actually fight? Or wait a day or two? Or am i going too fast? Shadow seems to be quite comfortable for his first few days, he doesnt seem to be very stressed. Hes actually more comfortable than Figgy was. They arent being aggressive by any means, they are showing dominant behavior, but noone is budging and we were hoping Shadow would just give in since he was the younger one and the new jack, i just dont want to ruin their relationship by either introducing too early, or if they want to bond..not letting them, they seem very interested in each other from what i see.
My questions are if anyone thinks i should open it back up and only intervene if they actually fight? Or wait a day or two? Or am i going too fast? Shadow seems to be quite comfortable for his first few days, he doesnt seem to be very stressed. Hes actually more comfortable than Figgy was. They arent being aggressive by any means, they are showing dominant behavior, but noone is budging and we were hoping Shadow would just give in since he was the younger one and the new jack, i just dont want to ruin their relationship by either introducing too early, or if they want to bond..not letting them, they seem very interested in each other from what i see.