holytoledo
New Born Pup
Hi, I have two guinea pigs. The first one I have, the youngest is Lance. Hes not even a year old yet, but is very dominant and somewhat aggressive to anything thats not me. My new boy, Gaston, whos a older pig (hes a bit over 1, possibly 2 judging his nails.) is a much bigger pig, but a very skittish and soft giant. I'm trying to have them bond as it was already apparent whos the dominant.
So, I set up a 3x3 playpen with enough space for them to romp around in, a bowl of carrots and romane, and some hay. Hay was put in the corner, and the bowl was in the middle.
It started off fine, they were sniffing eachother, and then they began going in circles with eachother. Eventually Lance mounted Gaston. Gaston wasnt having any of this and kept running away. He only attempted to somewhat mount Lance once, which was quickly turned around on him. The issue is, is that Gaston definitely wasnt staying around, as he kept running away or bucking Lance off of him. Eventually Gaston began to sit still, only bucking Lance off a few times, but it got to a point where Lance would only try for a few seconds before getting off of Gaston by himself and eating some food before returning, where everytime he did Gaston would start squealing, but not moving or running.
It was honestly a bit painful to watch, as Gaston is a new boy, hes only been here for 4 days. I want them to bond, and it seems like Gaston wont put up a fight, but I dont know how to tell if they're good or not, as its just a repetitive process now of Gaston being humped, Lance getting off him and getting a snack, and then going back to the humping and the squeaking continues from Gaston.
There was some teeth chattering at the start, but at the end the only chattering was from Lance. Am I making any progress with this?
So, I set up a 3x3 playpen with enough space for them to romp around in, a bowl of carrots and romane, and some hay. Hay was put in the corner, and the bowl was in the middle.
It started off fine, they were sniffing eachother, and then they began going in circles with eachother. Eventually Lance mounted Gaston. Gaston wasnt having any of this and kept running away. He only attempted to somewhat mount Lance once, which was quickly turned around on him. The issue is, is that Gaston definitely wasnt staying around, as he kept running away or bucking Lance off of him. Eventually Gaston began to sit still, only bucking Lance off a few times, but it got to a point where Lance would only try for a few seconds before getting off of Gaston by himself and eating some food before returning, where everytime he did Gaston would start squealing, but not moving or running.
It was honestly a bit painful to watch, as Gaston is a new boy, hes only been here for 4 days. I want them to bond, and it seems like Gaston wont put up a fight, but I dont know how to tell if they're good or not, as its just a repetitive process now of Gaston being humped, Lance getting off him and getting a snack, and then going back to the humping and the squeaking continues from Gaston.
There was some teeth chattering at the start, but at the end the only chattering was from Lance. Am I making any progress with this?
