gracie_n13
New Born Pup
Hey,
I’ve owned my Guinea pigs since June the 28th of this year, both also taken care of in shared space in pets at home for 3 weeks. We have owned Guinea pigs before however they unfortunately passed around a month before of old age. we reached out to look for new ones. Not as a replacement, just as we enjoy having animals to take care of. They were fine at first, I didn’t recognise any fighting, thought when we first bought them home caramel had a scab on the back of his ear. I didn’t think much of this as I hadn’t experienced fighting before. My last Guinea pigs never fought and got along perfectly. For context, both pairs I’ve owned are males. As I mentioned, they were fine until around two weeks ago. I have noticed little fights and another scab on the back of caramels ear, as well as when I had them out last night I watched fudge jump onto caramel and hit him in a way? Please let me know what this means. But no, that was the first time I’d seen them properly fight. I didn’t take much notice, just taking it as teenage drama. but I’ve been stressing and can’t sleep out of worry for them both. Tonight they both fought. I had caramel out and noticed dried blood on his ear, assuming that they’d fought and fudge had hurt him. When I tried to put him back in the cage with fudge, which I now know was not a good idea, they both rumblestrutted until they caramel backed away into his area of the cage (they both stay on opposite sides, which is quite different compared to my past Guinea pigs who cuddled on one side of the cage constantly). Before this, I could hear constant loud chattering with what seemed to be angry intentions. Then I saw one being chased about. What do I do? I can’t do anything tonight but plan on calling vets in the morning for advice. I’ve read about separation between bars for interaction to still be continued or full clean of cage and bath together, but not sure if it’ll work. please help me out here!
I’ve owned my Guinea pigs since June the 28th of this year, both also taken care of in shared space in pets at home for 3 weeks. We have owned Guinea pigs before however they unfortunately passed around a month before of old age. we reached out to look for new ones. Not as a replacement, just as we enjoy having animals to take care of. They were fine at first, I didn’t recognise any fighting, thought when we first bought them home caramel had a scab on the back of his ear. I didn’t think much of this as I hadn’t experienced fighting before. My last Guinea pigs never fought and got along perfectly. For context, both pairs I’ve owned are males. As I mentioned, they were fine until around two weeks ago. I have noticed little fights and another scab on the back of caramels ear, as well as when I had them out last night I watched fudge jump onto caramel and hit him in a way? Please let me know what this means. But no, that was the first time I’d seen them properly fight. I didn’t take much notice, just taking it as teenage drama. but I’ve been stressing and can’t sleep out of worry for them both. Tonight they both fought. I had caramel out and noticed dried blood on his ear, assuming that they’d fought and fudge had hurt him. When I tried to put him back in the cage with fudge, which I now know was not a good idea, they both rumblestrutted until they caramel backed away into his area of the cage (they both stay on opposite sides, which is quite different compared to my past Guinea pigs who cuddled on one side of the cage constantly). Before this, I could hear constant loud chattering with what seemed to be angry intentions. Then I saw one being chased about. What do I do? I can’t do anything tonight but plan on calling vets in the morning for advice. I’ve read about separation between bars for interaction to still be continued or full clean of cage and bath together, but not sure if it’ll work. please help me out here!