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hi, i am new here but was looking for a little advice,,, i have had my boars (brothers from the same litter) for about 3 months now so they are approx 5 months old,, they were fine in the same hutch,(really large hutch with different hidie holes so space not a problem) until last week when i noticed they had started to bicker,,i presume this is for dominancy,, i kind of let them get on with it,, it was the usual chattering and swaggering around until they had a fight which was quite vicious,, it took a while for me to seperate them and one (the smaller quieter one)had a peice missing out of his ear,, another had a scratch to his eye,, blood had been drawn :'(
now i seperated the immediatly and had to buy 2 new hutches : which wasnt cheap but better than them fighting until serious injury,, the thing i am worried about is will they now get lonely,, 2 of them seem quite happy in their new cages,, spread out and relaxed,, squeek when i feed them,, come out to see me when i open the shed,, the other one seems depressed,, doesnt seem to be eating much,, has only really eaten his greens and a small amount of pellets :-\,, is very scared when you open the cage and very very jumpy when you try to handle him,, it is like having a new piggy again,, i am petting him a lot and have gave him a blanket just for him it is easier to hold him in a blanket,, was wondering what advice anyone could give me on how to make him feel better
oh btw,, their hutches are on top of one another is it best if they are facing so the can see each other,,
also,, they wont even tolerate each other in the run so was thinking of buying another run and making 3 closures out of it,, it is one that you pin the sides together,, would they be ok seeing each other throught the bars
thanks if you got this far,, i have started to ramble, but my family have limited interest in guinea pigs so dont really know who to ask
now i seperated the immediatly and had to buy 2 new hutches : which wasnt cheap but better than them fighting until serious injury,, the thing i am worried about is will they now get lonely,, 2 of them seem quite happy in their new cages,, spread out and relaxed,, squeek when i feed them,, come out to see me when i open the shed,, the other one seems depressed,, doesnt seem to be eating much,, has only really eaten his greens and a small amount of pellets :-\,, is very scared when you open the cage and very very jumpy when you try to handle him,, it is like having a new piggy again,, i am petting him a lot and have gave him a blanket just for him it is easier to hold him in a blanket,, was wondering what advice anyone could give me on how to make him feel better
oh btw,, their hutches are on top of one another is it best if they are facing so the can see each other,,
also,, they wont even tolerate each other in the run so was thinking of buying another run and making 3 closures out of it,, it is one that you pin the sides together,, would they be ok seeing each other throught the bars
thanks if you got this far,, i have started to ramble, but my family have limited interest in guinea pigs so dont really know who to ask