are guineas spost to fight?

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my guinea pig nemo is constantly biting my other pigy snowy and now snowy has scraches all over him i dont know what to do! HELP PLEASE:<>:0
 
It sounds like they need separating immediately. What sexes are they? My advice would be to separate them now, check them both over to see if they need to see a vet, someone more experienced than me will be here soon to offer advice I'm sure.
 
are they new to each other? the best way to bond piggies is to seperate them, so they can't get to each other but so they can interact and see each other etc. then introduce them together for a couple of hours or so at a time on neutral ground, not in one of the cages. i also find that giving them a bath together helps, like in the sink or something, they hate being bathed, and it's usually so traumatic for them that they bond out of spite ;) haha! after the bath put them in a clean cage so they both smell the same. also always make sure they have seperate beds to hide in. if they're fighting badly you really need to seperate them x
 
Once your boys have bites and repeated bloody fights, you need to separate them immediately; the chances that they will ever live together again are very small.

Please check them both carefully all over their body for bites and scratches and try to clean any wounds so they don't get infected.
 
Have you treated your boys for mites recently? Skin problems can cause piggies to bite and scratch themselves causing damage to the skin, and make them feel very grumpy so more prone to falling out.

The bite wounds can get infected so perhaps a vet trip for a check up and mite treatment would be a good idea.

Suzy x
 
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