Help, fighting!

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Hi all,
I have 3 sows, one white, one brown & one grey. Brown and white were brought home together and lived together for a couple of months before I Added grey in (bonded in one day, neutral place etc).
A couple of days ago I found a scab on greys ear and started treating the wound as advised by vet with sudocrem. Yesterday there was a lot of noise and commotion. White was attacking brown and grey, particularly grey. Lots of rumble strutting, chattering teeth but white was also lunging at grey and it looked like she was trying to nip greys ear. I separated out white because she seemed to be very aggressive, more than just hierarchy dispute.

I left them separated for a few hours and then tried to put white back in but she went straight for grey again so I separated her out and since then she has been in a separate cage. The main cage is a 2x5 c&c. What should i do now? I'm not 100% sure if the scab on greys ear was from white biting or not, I assume it was. Do I keep white on her own or do I try a neutral space bonding again? Both brown and grey seemed relieved to have white taken out.
If I keep them separated how long can white be on her own for? I don’t know if anyone near Bristol UK does guinea pig bonding so that I can find her a friend after lockdown. I can’t rehome white as she’s my autistic sons favourite so if she needs to stay separated from the other two then I will need to find her a friend but I don’t want to then be in the same situation again where she then turns on them.
thanks for reading this far
 
If you have a c&c cage could u put a separation in so your piggies can still interact but not fight?
 
Smudgeflofifi said:
If you have a c&c cage could u put a separation in so your piggies can still interact but not fight?
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I cant extend the cage any further as its in a very specific spot so that would mean greatly reducing the areas they’re all in.
 
Piggies&buns said:
The guides below may help you with what to do in this situation

Sows: Behaviour and female health problems (including ovarian cysts)
Bonding and Interaction: Illustrated social behaviours and bonding dynamics

If it turns out that they can no longer be friends and live together, then as long as she has interaction with the other piggies through bars, then that will suffice to stop her from getting lonely until she could be bonded with a new companion.
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I’ll have a look at this thank you
 
Could you make the cage into an L shape, making sure the minimum for each is 2x4? She really does need the interaction.
Good luck and hopefully the threads linked above will be of help.

PS if you decide to put her back, you cant just put her in with the other two. They’d see it as invasion of their territory
 
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