Freya1234
Teenage Guinea Pig
Following a failed bonding with Winston and Rosie & Syrup. Today I am bonding my neutered boar Winston (1y) with Willow and Nutmeg (4/5 months). They have been side by side for a week and half, initially everything seemed good with Winston mounting/rumbling/pocorning and all pigs having a wash at different times. It’s been very noisy which I’m interpreting as reassurance noises. Willow is very submissive and has accepted lots of mounting from Winston. Nutmeg is more dominant but has accepted a 1 or 2 mounting’s from Winston however this has been in between the two of them chinning.
I’m interpreting this as the acceptance phase has happened and we’re now in the dominance phase of working out the hierarchy?
Nutmeg has been a bit troublesome in that she is quite nippy towards both of them at one point willow was in the hay and Winston was chasing her to mount her and she ran away towards Nutmeg who had taken herself off to a corner and there was a bit of a tussle (I think because nutmeg felt cornered) but no blood was drawn and everyone backed off.
Winston was just sat with them napping, I don’t think the girls were napping though.
I keep having the last failed bonding in the back of my mind but does it sound positive and that they just need more time?
I’m interpreting this as the acceptance phase has happened and we’re now in the dominance phase of working out the hierarchy?
Nutmeg has been a bit troublesome in that she is quite nippy towards both of them at one point willow was in the hay and Winston was chasing her to mount her and she ran away towards Nutmeg who had taken herself off to a corner and there was a bit of a tussle (I think because nutmeg felt cornered) but no blood was drawn and everyone backed off.
Winston was just sat with them napping, I don’t think the girls were napping though.
I keep having the last failed bonding in the back of my mind but does it sound positive and that they just need more time?