Gay guinea pig?

[mocha&mimi]

") Hi I'm fairly new to keeping guinea pigs, we have 2 girls around 7 months old, one is much larger than the other but possibly a different breed. Mocha the larger one has recently started chasing mimi and wanting a piggy back ride if you know what i mean, i think she may be trying to mate with mimi. I'm realy worried that mocha ( the larger one) might hurt mimi with her being much bigger and she just wont leave mimi alone, chasing her and she also steps from side to side, I'm sure this is a mateing thing. Do you think this will pass? Also they chatter at each other a lot but they dont seem to hurt each other, just small nudges now and again from both of them. Would appreciate your advice thanks helen

IVE ADDED SOME PICS SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE DIFFERENCE IN THEM BOTH

MIMI IS THE BLACK AND WHITE ONE!

 

[MemberX]

Hiya,

Welcome to the forum. Are you sure they are both female? The alternative is obviously they are both male or if they have been together less than a month that one could be male.

If you are sure they are both female it is probably down to dominance, I do get rumbly sows when they are in season every 2 weeks or so but it soon passes.

There is probably some bullying going on, 2 of everything is a good idea.

Hope they settle soon,

Louise

 

[mocha&mimi]

well i got them an overall check at the vets a week or so ago, and the vet confirmed them both being females. Mocha started the rumbling and strange movements about a few weeks ago but settled down and started again, so hopefully it may be what you suggested, her being in season. Thanks for your help. mocha is making chattering noises right now and mimi is squeaking, they do this a lot and mocha seems to be the bossy one being a lot bigger. Although mimi is popcorning everywhere at the moment and they both seem to be happy eating there hay together. MIMI is very quiet usualy and doesnt make much noise whe you pick her up for a cuddle, where as mocha makes small squeeky noises as i stroke her, do you think this is enjoyment?

sorry i know thats lots of questions but ive never had guinea pigs before and want to make sure theyr ok

 

[Briony_S]

normally squeeking when stroking is happy noises but unless I heard the noise it would be hard to say!

look up guinea pigs on wikipeadia they have a range of noises you can listen to help determine the sound they are making. They have different squeeks for different things.

I have also found though that some don't tally for instance one which they said could be a happy noise when stroking (think it is called rumble strutting) i found george only makes that when annoyed! usually it means I have had enough stroking or why did you get me out of my cage I was having a relax.

I put him back & everything is fine. At first I thought was a happy noise but you can tell be associating it with other times he makes the noise. Ie: he did it whilst I was hoovering one day & also did it when I accidentally banged into his cage etc.. it took me about 2 weeks to figure it was not a happy noise but now i know when he makes it I need to stop what I am doing (if possible - he will have to get over the hoover sound)

 

[mocha&mimi]

thats great thanks. i looked on a website and some explanations of noises contradicted themselves, meaning either happy or angry so now I'm realy confused lol, il try and record the noise on my phone and somehow attach it on here i know they do make the rumble noise for instance if a door is banged. and ive got 2 of eveything for them also. heres a pic of there house. now and again the chatter at each other, think it must be a bossy thing.

 

[Dannii.]

I had the same problem with my three female guniea pigs a few days ago.
The fluffy piggie started jumping on the back off my other 2 piggies.
I straight away took her out of the cage and double checked she was a female which she is.
She really did startle my other 2 piggies by her odd behaviour and my other 2 piggies were yelping as my fluffy piggie kept jumping on their backs, doing male actions.

I dont think its anything to worry about. Ive read up on this behaviour and the breeder has stated that both females and males do this and its perfectly normal aslong as no fighting is going off which is resulting in the piggies drawing blood then they should be seperately immediately.

But i see your concerns as one of your piggies is noticeably smaller than the other. I wouldnt worry too much tho as this should calm down its dominance taking over. Once the other piggie has proved its the more dominant one it should calm down. Just keep a close eye out for fighting behaviour as you dont want either piggie drawing blood.

Good luck x

 

[brownbrummie]

I've got one (ruby rumbler) who when in heat loves nothing more than chasing the other three around and mounting them, they soon tell her when they are sick of it all and wee in her face. Every two weeks like clock work i here her rumbling around generally just being a pain to everyone else

I know it is really worrying when it first happens though, I double and triple checked to make sure Ruby was in fact a girl. Just keep an eye on everyone to make sure they are all getting on. I find a bed each and a bowl each means that when they are fed up with each other they can have some time apart

 

[frank]

This can happen and is fairly common in dairy cows.
Really its all about dominance.

 

[thesqueakers]

Hehe - i think we've all had to reach into the cage to check if a sow is really a sow!

One of ours gets very frisky indeed and likes nothing better than to chase the other girls around looking for some action! She also has a rather fetching little rumble noise which sounds just like her trying to impersonate our boars! It will pass, and do make sure that the pig(s) on the receiving end has somewhere to hide, or doesn't seem too perturbed/upset.

With regards to sounds, i find that there's a lot of scope for interpretation within them. For instance the rumble-strut sound I personally attribute to many different emotions/situations. The loud and obvious one accompanied with a swaying back-end and lowered guinea pig (!) is pretty certainly a territorial/dominance thing - back off! They also make a similar noise (but it's much quieter and gentler) when they hear a sound for the first time. A friend's ringtone, or a door slamming, for instance. It's only a short noise. They also do the same noise when they're in the mood for love, but i find it's more of a coo-ing noise and gentler than the harsher throbs of the dominance noise. I could go on all day!But as a guinea is only able to make (roughly) a handful of actual noises, these small number of noises need to be used for a vast amount of different emotions and situations.

 

[Goldie]

My Lottie and Lola are both definitely sows because they both gave birth several weeks ago ... so I am sure!

Anyway, yesterday Lola was doing boar kinda stuff. You know swaggering around and grumbling at Lottie similar to what you describe. Not sure why, unless she was cross with Lottie for barbering her, I suppose, or it was a "on-heat ... no boar around" type of situation.

I would say that Lottie is the dominant one though as Lola is more timid.

Just double check if yours are sows. If you are positive that they are then it could be as members have said above ... female hormones! rolleyes

 

[misssparkly]

I'm so glad I read this thread, it's put my mind at rest. Gladys is being ever so naughty tonight. She keeps mounting poor Elsie and Elsie keeps telling her off. They're definitely both girls and are about 6 months old now and although Gladys has been rumbly with Elsie when in season before she hasn't actually mounted her like this! I did have to double check that Gladys was indeed a girl, and she is! Hopefully they'll have settled down by morning!:{