Emmalou46
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone,
I lost one of my piggies about a month ago and after leaving my remaining piggie for 2 weeks on his own we decided to get him a friend, his friend was actually one of his brothers and on initial contact they were great, got them home, lots of normal dominance behaviour, rumbling, chasing, mounting. It was clear that my piggie Coco was going to be the big boss however this week things have taken a bit of a turn and their behaviour has become more aggressive as it seems Oreo the new piggie is challenging Coco. No blood has been drawn but there’s been a lot of loud chattering and I noticed Coco had a bit of Oreos fur in his mouth. Where would you go from here? They seem ok in the evening after I put them back into their cage at around 11pm but I can time it, at around 3.30-4pm the aggressive behaviour starts so I’ve been getting them out of their cage into their big run to give them more room thinking that might be the issue but it the behaviour continues in their run. It’s not constant but is getting to the point were I'm getting increasingly concerned. Any help, advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated, thank you
I lost one of my piggies about a month ago and after leaving my remaining piggie for 2 weeks on his own we decided to get him a friend, his friend was actually one of his brothers and on initial contact they were great, got them home, lots of normal dominance behaviour, rumbling, chasing, mounting. It was clear that my piggie Coco was going to be the big boss however this week things have taken a bit of a turn and their behaviour has become more aggressive as it seems Oreo the new piggie is challenging Coco. No blood has been drawn but there’s been a lot of loud chattering and I noticed Coco had a bit of Oreos fur in his mouth. Where would you go from here? They seem ok in the evening after I put them back into their cage at around 11pm but I can time it, at around 3.30-4pm the aggressive behaviour starts so I’ve been getting them out of their cage into their big run to give them more room thinking that might be the issue but it the behaviour continues in their run. It’s not constant but is getting to the point were I'm getting increasingly concerned. Any help, advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated, thank you