Freya1234
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hi I posted about my bonding experience in this thread here: Bonding Winston with some girls
Unfortunately yesterday after 3 and a half hours I called the bonding off between my neutered boy Winston (cream long hair) and the new girls. One of the girls; Syrup (white teddy) was showing lots of fear aggression that was getting worse as the bonding went on to the point where she hunkered down in the corner away from Rosie (short hair tri-colour) and Winston and would wheek, lunge and nip if either of them went near her. She seemed okay until Winston rumblestrutted and that is what seemed to make her anxious and then she just got progressively worse. The rescue said they hadn’t seen this kind of behaviour in her so I wonder if she’s had a bad experience previously with a boar? Once back in the side by side cage she was happily sniffing Winston’s nose and interacting with him.
I was reading up on fear aggression and thought maybe I should let her settle in for a few more days with Winston side by side then try again or is the success rate going to be very unlikely?
Here is a video of the bonding I didn’t film her lunging and nipping though since I got too anxious: Bonding video
Unfortunately yesterday after 3 and a half hours I called the bonding off between my neutered boy Winston (cream long hair) and the new girls. One of the girls; Syrup (white teddy) was showing lots of fear aggression that was getting worse as the bonding went on to the point where she hunkered down in the corner away from Rosie (short hair tri-colour) and Winston and would wheek, lunge and nip if either of them went near her. She seemed okay until Winston rumblestrutted and that is what seemed to make her anxious and then she just got progressively worse. The rescue said they hadn’t seen this kind of behaviour in her so I wonder if she’s had a bad experience previously with a boar? Once back in the side by side cage she was happily sniffing Winston’s nose and interacting with him.
I was reading up on fear aggression and thought maybe I should let her settle in for a few more days with Winston side by side then try again or is the success rate going to be very unlikely?
Here is a video of the bonding I didn’t film her lunging and nipping though since I got too anxious: Bonding video