Another guinea pig

[APerez]

I got two guinea pigs about five months ago and one was a year old and the other was four months and as the younger ones as you get older and there was some bullying between the older one and the younger one and at one point I had to separate them and I don’t know if I should get another guinea pig for the younger one he is very skittish
The only time he ever comes out of his hiding spot is to go get food and he drags it back to his hiding spot

 

[Piggies&buns]

What do you mean by bullying? What behaviours were you seeing? If they were normal dominance, then that isn’t of concern as all piggies do that, particularly as it seems it happened when your youngest hit his teenage months.
What size was their cage? Two boars need a 180cm x 60cm cage as lack of space can cause problems.

Dominance Behaviours In Guinea Pigs
A Comprehensive Guide to Guinea Pig Boars

 

[APerez]

I have to Midwestern cages linked together for them the older one were to even bump into the smaller one he chase him he would growl and circle the smaller i saw him show his teeth to the younger one and he lunged at him so I separated them each in one of the midwestern cages.

 

[APerez]

What do you mean by bullying? What behaviours were you seeing? If they were normal dominance, then that isn’t of concern as all piggies do that, particularly as it seems it happened when your youngest hit his teenage months.
What size was their cage? Two boars need a 180cm x 60cm cage as lack of space can cause problems.

Dominance Behaviours In Guinea Pigs
A Comprehensive Guide to Guinea Pig Boars

I got them at the Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue and they were already bonded there and since this happened I just thought it was probably the older one didn’t wanna share any space with the smaller one so when I separated them I thought it was Ok but the younger one is very skittish and I I am debating whether to go back to the guinea pig rescue to get him bonded with another guinea pig

 

[Siikibam]

What happened exactly?