Biting behaviour

[Jlh22]

Hi everyone, I need to understand some guinea pig behaviour. I recently enabled a third female guinea pig to interact with a bonded male and female. It was all going well until I found the original female with lots of bites on her rump. I don’t think it’s from the new female GP as she is quite timid so I assume the male has turned on his first female in preference for the second female. I don’t understand why they aren’t working as a herd?! I have read that males can live with lots of female. First female is quite dominant though I think. Can anyone advise pls?

 

[Wiebke]

Hi everyone, I need to understand some guinea pig behaviour. I recently enabled a third female guinea pig to interact with a bonded male and female. It was all going well until I found the original female with lots of bites on her rump. I don’t think it’s from the new female GP as she is quite timid so I assume the male has turned on his first female in preference for the second female. I don’t understand why they aren’t working as a herd?! I have read that males can live with lots of female. First female is quite dominant though I think. Can anyone advise pls?

Hi and welcome

Please take the bitten piggy out and have them vet checked.

Have you double-checked the gender of all three piggies in case you have got two boars and not two sows? That would be the first step before anything else.
Illustrated Sexing Guide