Hi, I started my guinea pig bonding process about two weeks ago. They had already been in the same room before for about two months, but the larger cage that would hold both just arrived two weeks ago.
Therefore I put them in their new cage, with the divider, and that's how they have been since. However a week ago I tried putting them on an area they hadn't been on before, with hay, to see them interact.
It didn't go so well. Benny would always attack Smores. There has been no mounting, only direct bites and teeth chattering. There hasn't been any blood drawn, but I'm worried since I don't know if they are establishing dominance or simply fighting.
Smores always cries when Benny approaches him, even if Benny ends up not biting him. Yet when they are back in their cage, smores keeps biting the divider and wants to go with Benny.
Is all of this normal?
Therefore I put them in their new cage, with the divider, and that's how they have been since. However a week ago I tried putting them on an area they hadn't been on before, with hay, to see them interact.
It didn't go so well. Benny would always attack Smores. There has been no mounting, only direct bites and teeth chattering. There hasn't been any blood drawn, but I'm worried since I don't know if they are establishing dominance or simply fighting.
Smores always cries when Benny approaches him, even if Benny ends up not biting him. Yet when they are back in their cage, smores keeps biting the divider and wants to go with Benny.
Is all of this normal?