Guinea pig sneezing after a fight

[FMS]

So I have 3 male guinea pigs at their “teenage” years and two of them fights a lot, I’ve been trying many solutions in terms of stopping them from fighting (currently) but as I was cleaning their play pen - I left them in another play pen that I keep as an extra - I heard them fighting and suddenly I saw a tiny blood stain on the play pen and I picked up one of them to inspect who’s bleeding, but as I was doing this the piggy I was inspecting started sneezing quite a lot. I search it up but nothing came up, they all said it’s maybe dust or URI but there is no discharge on the eyes or nose, the sneeze itself sounded dry and his breathing is normal after the sneeze.

So some of you might question this: why the hell did you keep them in the same play pen (plus extra play pen) if they kept on fighting? Well, they started their fight about a week ago, and so I thought that it may end sometime soon because they grew up together. On the other, I have no excuse for placing them in the same extra play pen that was me being dumb.

Do they have wounds? Yes especially the Rex as the other one is the “alpha” and I have treated the wounds according to the Vet’s advice.

Does he sneeze often? Quite a few times in the past, but according to my research guinea pigs do that to expel air or dust like humans plus his sneezes back then wasn’t constant. When they fought, this guinea pig sneezed at least 5 times (although not all in one go) and it sounded like the sneeze he usually does but it wasn’t constant.

Please help me and thank you for reading that.

 

[DM030819]

@FMS They sneeze or exhale through their noses after fighting to expel any blood and I believe it's a reaction to pain. I've seen it happen a few times.

If they've injured each other a few times then it is probably time to call it quits. It's not fun or fair to them to be constantly on edge and getting hurt.

What will do you if you have to split them up?

 

[FMS]

@FMS They sneeze or exhale through their noses after fighting to expel any blood and I believe it's a reaction to pain. I've seen it happen a few times.

If they've injured each other a few times then it is probably time to call it quits. It's not fun or fair to them to be constantly on edge and getting hurt.

What will do you if you have to split them up?

Well i’ll Be sad to have to separate brothers but I’ll probably just get more food bowls, toys, water bottle etc. I can get new piggies so that they won’t be alone cuz they are an odd number but I just can’t risk having the new pigs hurt.

 

[DM030819]

@FMS It might be worth making the cage bigger so they have more space to themselves. I've only ever had boars and the cage size really makes a difference.

Boar trios are very difficult to make work and it's normal for it to fail, even after they've lived together for quite a while.

 

[FMS]

@FMS It might be worth making the cage bigger so they have more space to themselves. I've only ever had boars and the cage size really makes a difference.

Boar trios are very difficult to make work and it's normal for it to fail, even after they've lived together for quite a while.

The cage itself is big enough for 2 adult guinea pigs and it’s attached to a play pen area from which they can go in and out from - basically their entire home is customised and can fit 6-7 adult guinea pigs. When I wasn’t planning to get them, I had done some research and thought that bigger home is better even it is quite large for such a small group.

And I agree, boars are difficult to raise and what I’ve done is that I closed the cage and keep the pig that starts the fight in there and kept the other two in the play area. This way they are separated yet they can still see and smell each other. It’s morning now, and even though the “alpha” isn’t separated from the other two, he still chatters his teeth whenever they go near him. Poor guy is alone so I spend more time with him than the other pigs so he won’t be lonely.

I have contacted the vets and they said that I can’t really do much but to wait out their “teenage” years or introduce a couple of female piggies in the group but that option is just so risky because what happens if they don’t get along either? I don’t really wanna see anymore piggies getting hurt.

 

[FMS]

The cage itself is big enough for 2 adult guinea pigs and it’s attached to a play pen area from which they can go in and out from - basically their entire home is customised and can fit 6-7 adult guinea pigs. When I wasn’t planning to get them, I had done some research and thought that bigger home is better even it is quite large for such a small group.

And I agree, boars are difficult to raise and what I’ve done is that I closed the cage and keep the pig that starts the fight in there and kept the other two in the play area. This way they are separated yet they can still see and smell each other. It’s morning now, and even though the “alpha” isn’t separated from the other two, he still chatters his teeth whenever they go near him. Poor guy is alone so I spend more time with him than the other pigs so he won’t be lonely.

I have contacted the vets and they said that I can’t really do much but to wait out their “teenage” years or introduce a couple of female piggies in the group but that option is just so risky because what happens if they don’t get along either? I don’t really wanna see anymore piggies getting hurt.

* I meant “WAS planning to get them not WASNT”
And it’s “IS separated from the group not ISNT”
God I made so much errors.