Guinea pigs fighting?!

PoppyFloss

PoppyFloss

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Today I gave my two piggies a piece of mango skin, and Poppy snatched the whole lot. Then Flossy went and tried to get it off her. They bashed noses and kept bashing each other with their noses until Popcorn ran off. Is this something to be worried about or is it normal dominance behaviour?
I don’t think it’s something to be worried about, but I just wanted to check...
Thanks 🙂
 
Thanks! They often take food off each other but I‘ve never seen them bash each other :)
 
Hi!

This is normal mild dominance behaviour.

However, please don't feed tropical fruit like mango or pineapple. It can cause rather bad reactions in some piggies.
 
Wiebke said:
Hi!

This is normal mild dominance behaviour.

However, please don't feed tropical fruit like mango or pineapple. It can cause rather bad reactions in some piggies.
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Oh okay I didn’t know that! Thanks now I know not to feed it to them 😊.
 
Eddie & Elvis said:
The taking food off each other is totally normal and my 2 do it all the time 🤣. Your piggies must share very well most of the time
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Yes, they are very close, I think they might be sisters! They do snatch food off each other a lot (I think that’s why Flossy’s fatter, she always gets the food of Pops!), it’s just they are very polite little piglets and have never bashed each other before 😆! I suppose I am not used to them being dominant before, they usually are very sweet to each other and often snuggle up at night 😍
 
I was the same the first time I saw my boys displaying some dominance. It's a bit scary even when you know it's normal for them!
 
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