kerrywhite
New Born Pup
Hi there, I have two male Guinea pigs that are in the same cage. They’ve been in the same cage since I got them just under a year ago. They are also brothers.
I have never had any issues with them, they have never fought just the occasional rumble to assert dominance. They seem really happy in each others company and get on well.
However, tonight one of them began humping the other and was chasing them. This was constant and only seemed to stop for a few moments at a time.
I have separated them for the night just to give them a bit of space in hope that it will be resolved tomorrow as I didn’t want to wake up to either of them hurt in the morning. Was this the right thing to do?
I gave them both a bath earlier on today (one of them has really long fluffy hair so it gets cut every so often and I usually just clean his bum with fragrance free baby wipes) I gave them both a bath just so that one didn’t become bothered by the others scent. I have given them both a bath once before in the past and haven’t had any issues.
I have read this could be dominance behaviour but I’m worried it would be because I gave them both a bath.
I would hate to have to separate them indefinitely as I don’t have the space for another cage and they have gotten along so well together up until this point.
Any advice would be great
Thank you
I have never had any issues with them, they have never fought just the occasional rumble to assert dominance. They seem really happy in each others company and get on well.
However, tonight one of them began humping the other and was chasing them. This was constant and only seemed to stop for a few moments at a time.
I have separated them for the night just to give them a bit of space in hope that it will be resolved tomorrow as I didn’t want to wake up to either of them hurt in the morning. Was this the right thing to do?
I gave them both a bath earlier on today (one of them has really long fluffy hair so it gets cut every so often and I usually just clean his bum with fragrance free baby wipes) I gave them both a bath just so that one didn’t become bothered by the others scent. I have given them both a bath once before in the past and haven’t had any issues.
I have read this could be dominance behaviour but I’m worried it would be because I gave them both a bath.
I would hate to have to separate them indefinitely as I don’t have the space for another cage and they have gotten along so well together up until this point.
Any advice would be great
Thank you