Hi everyone.
My 2 Guinea pigs Millie and Cheryl have lived happily together for over a year
Cheryl has always been the dominent one and sometimes upsets Millie, when they are in their enclosed bit together in the in door cage i can her Millie doing a high pitched cry, like she is crying and i have seen Cheryl pushing her.
On Monday Night she did it quite a few times and Millie was cowering in the corner. so last Night i removed the enclosed bit and put in another Igloo, so they cant hide away together where we cant see them, they still both have an igloo each but i thought this would stop them from hiding together as only one pig can fit in each igloo. when i brought them in from outside and put them in Millie was fine, had a look around and went in the igloo, cheryl on the other hand went all around the cage pushing everything around and was not happy, didnt come for food as she usually does and sat in the igloo whilst Millie had a look round.
This morning when Millie went near the igloo,Cheryl jumped on her back, shes not happy and pacing around the cage shaking her bottom.
Did i do the right thing by removing the cover where they both slept? now they can only sleep singly, i feel like ive segregated them a bit because now they cant cuddle up together, but felt i had to move it because of them hiding and being upset.
Did i do the right thing? xx
My 2 Guinea pigs Millie and Cheryl have lived happily together for over a year
Cheryl has always been the dominent one and sometimes upsets Millie, when they are in their enclosed bit together in the in door cage i can her Millie doing a high pitched cry, like she is crying and i have seen Cheryl pushing her.
On Monday Night she did it quite a few times and Millie was cowering in the corner. so last Night i removed the enclosed bit and put in another Igloo, so they cant hide away together where we cant see them, they still both have an igloo each but i thought this would stop them from hiding together as only one pig can fit in each igloo. when i brought them in from outside and put them in Millie was fine, had a look around and went in the igloo, cheryl on the other hand went all around the cage pushing everything around and was not happy, didnt come for food as she usually does and sat in the igloo whilst Millie had a look round.
This morning when Millie went near the igloo,Cheryl jumped on her back, shes not happy and pacing around the cage shaking her bottom.
Did i do the right thing by removing the cover where they both slept? now they can only sleep singly, i feel like ive segregated them a bit because now they cant cuddle up together, but felt i had to move it because of them hiding and being upset.
Did i do the right thing? xx
