Ems_piggies
New Born Pup
Hey, just looking for some advice on bonding our sow with a neutered male please.
We sadly recently lost one of our guinea pigs, which left our remaining piggie Pepper all on her own. We decided to rescue a neutered male who is a year or so younger than her to keep her company. Pepper has only ever lived with her sister before, so it’s a new experience!
We followed the guidance for bonding, they were getting on very well when placed in sight of eachother and then when they met in a neutral place. We moved them into an enclosure together yesterday, however since then our male piggie has really ramped up the rumble strutting!
It seems to be pretty constant for our poor sow. There has been no mounting from what I have seen, but he is definitely pestering her quite a bit. She is being submissive to a point and whining back at him, but on occasion has raised her head at him when he has disturbed her from sleeping or when she is lying down. There are moments where they are eating right next to eachother which is good.
I wondered whether this amount of rumblestrutting is normal? And does it usually calm down after a little while? Just a note that our male piggie has only recently been neutered (it has been 8 weeks since, so there is no chance of them having babies!)
Any advice would be appreciated Bonding is definitely a whirlwind!
We sadly recently lost one of our guinea pigs, which left our remaining piggie Pepper all on her own. We decided to rescue a neutered male who is a year or so younger than her to keep her company. Pepper has only ever lived with her sister before, so it’s a new experience!
We followed the guidance for bonding, they were getting on very well when placed in sight of eachother and then when they met in a neutral place. We moved them into an enclosure together yesterday, however since then our male piggie has really ramped up the rumble strutting!
It seems to be pretty constant for our poor sow. There has been no mounting from what I have seen, but he is definitely pestering her quite a bit. She is being submissive to a point and whining back at him, but on occasion has raised her head at him when he has disturbed her from sleeping or when she is lying down. There are moments where they are eating right next to eachother which is good.
I wondered whether this amount of rumblestrutting is normal? And does it usually calm down after a little while? Just a note that our male piggie has only recently been neutered (it has been 8 weeks since, so there is no chance of them having babies!)
Any advice would be appreciated Bonding is definitely a whirlwind!