Guinea pig falling out

[LyndsayRDH]

My 2 males have been together for almost 8 months. These 2 were rescues so I am unsure about the specific age, but I believe one is getting close or is 1 year old and the other is probably 2-3 months older than that one. I am guessing based on testes dropping at least 8 months ago for 1 and the others dropped probably 6 months ago. Anyways, no problem living in 2 X 4 cage for over 8 months and suddenly the younger one is chattering, humping, biting the older one. I have put a separator in their cage temporarily till I decide what to do. They seem fine with that. No chattering unless I place the younger one on the older ones side of the cage. Do still eat veggies together, but younger one will start to chatter after a while and is then removed. Any similar situations? Will this blow over or is the younger one too dominant?

 

[MemberX]

It may blow over Sunshine does this now and again and I have two girls Pearl and Amber that teeth chatter when one does something the other doesn't like. I wouldn't remove unless physcially fighting. In my experience teeth chattering doesn't mean they are about to fight, it just shows displeasure at something.

Hope they can remain friends.

 

[Goldie]

How are they if you put them in the run together on neutral ground?

Could be that the older one is more dominant and now the younger one is challenging it. It is a difficult one though because you don't want them to live separately and you don't want them to live together with one being upset by the other.

Have you tried bathing them with nice fresh smelling piggy shampoo and spring cleaning the hutch to eliminate body smells and scents? Then putting them together again. Might be worth a try.
Keep us posted as to how things go.

 

[Hannah_lg]

or my 4 boys do that all the time , but there also cuddlw uptogther wash each other and all sit nicly and eat togther