Hi let me start by saying we have never had Guinea Pigs in the past and so feel quite out of our depth... got three boars, 3 months old, last few days two of the boys are fighting, one is being aggressive towards the other literally the second he sees the other he rumbles, swaggers, and they have fought and the less aggressive one bit and hurt the ear of the aggressive one. Since then we've separated them but the less aggressive one is trying to get into the partition with the aggressive one!? In fact since splitting them up they all seem totally miserable.
1) Is there no hope of reconciliation? From what I've read it's not sounding good and gone well beyond usual hierarchy establishing behaviour. We've tried some reintroduction but they continue with this cycle and we are worried they will hurt one another again.
2) Do we need to consider another guinea pig for the lone aggressive one? Isn't that running the gauntlet of more fighting? Will he be happy enough on his own being able to see the others?
3) On the above, when we tried reconciliation, we noticed that both the aggressive and less aggressive one keep radiating towards one another and spending all their time together and were at times quite calm.
4) Since al this started they seem quite withdrawn and seem to all be spending less time together/interacting together (prior to the separation).
We are all upset as they are such amazing little creatures and we want them to be happy.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
1) Is there no hope of reconciliation? From what I've read it's not sounding good and gone well beyond usual hierarchy establishing behaviour. We've tried some reintroduction but they continue with this cycle and we are worried they will hurt one another again.
2) Do we need to consider another guinea pig for the lone aggressive one? Isn't that running the gauntlet of more fighting? Will he be happy enough on his own being able to see the others?
3) On the above, when we tried reconciliation, we noticed that both the aggressive and less aggressive one keep radiating towards one another and spending all their time together and were at times quite calm.
4) Since al this started they seem quite withdrawn and seem to all be spending less time together/interacting together (prior to the separation).
We are all upset as they are such amazing little creatures and we want them to be happy.
Any advice greatly appreciated.