Cuy And Abby?

[Piggy Plus]

I got a cuy from my mom's friend's oldest daughter's stalker. This stalker left this pig in a pet store cage at (my mom's friend's oldest daughter's) doorstep. I took her to the vet and she was fine and about 2 years old. They never said anything about her being a cuy - I found out a few months later while researching piggies again. (Before the cuy I have had 2 boys for a year.) It has now been a year with this cuy (Ginger.) I recently went to my rescue and got an abby. I call her Ayla. Ayla has been here for two weeks. Last night I introduced them for the first time. It didn't take long for Ayla to go and find Ginger under a fleece hammock. (In the bathroom in a c&c play pen) They were doing great for about half an hour and a few rumble struts and quiet chattering. I could see that Ginger was a little more confident, but still extremely skittish because she is a cuy. After a while, Ayla started slowly (an inch every few minutes) going towards Ginger while eating hay. Ayla would start rumble strutting and teeth chattering loudly, and they would start bickering and it was very scary. I wasn't sure if it was a full on fight or not but I tried not to use my handy dustpan. After several for of these "fights," I took Ayla out and examined her face and bottom. She was fine and so was Ginger (when I finally cought her.) I don't want to do it again today so I asked my friend (she has 7 girls in one cage) to come tomorrow and sit with me since she has so much experience. Of course the girls are separate but will it be different if I try somewhere else that's nuetral? Any tips on what you think went wrong? New fleece, new grids, new everything.

 

[Yipchip]

I have successfully bonded my two pigs, and I know it can be very stressful. It sounds to me that you may need to take it slow because Ginger is so skittish. Eventually tyhey should start warming up to each other. However, as long as the "fights" don't get too rough, they have to figure out who is dominant. From what you said, its sounds like Ayla is going to be the boss. I think it is a good idea to have your friend come over, as she seems very experienced. I wish you all the luck!

 

[Piggy Plus]

I have successfully bonded my two pigs, and I know it can be very stressful. It sounds to me that you may need to take it slow because Ginger is so skittish. Eventually tyhey should start warming up to each other. However, as long as the "fights" don't get too rough, they have to figure out who is dominant. From what you said, its sounds like Ayla is going to be the boss. I think it is a good idea to have your friend come over, as she seems very experienced. I wish you all the luck!

Ginger was also trying to make herself look bigger by showing Ayla her side while Ayla was chattering and I'm just going to go ahead and say it was just dominance but I have never seen anyone talk about that before but oh well

 

[helen105281]

Have a read of our bonding guides. You could try again but it would need to be on neutral territory. Ginger was probably reacting to a pig suddenly appearing in her cage. Am not that experienced with cuys though and if they can live with normal sized pigs.

 

[Piggy Plus]

Have a read of our bonding guides. You could try again but it would need to be on neutral territory. Ginger was probably reacting to a pig suddenly appearing in her cage. Am not that experienced with cuys though and if they can live with normal sized pigs.

Well I did do it in the bathroom with new grids and new fleece. I have looked a various sites and most say that cuys are fine with the average pig. I'm going to try again tomorrow in the living room with my friend and I have read up some more and I feel a but more confident.