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New Born Pup
Hi Everyone,
We adopted Thelma and Louise when they were babies. Unfortunately, after about 3 years. Louise passed away. We didn't want Thelma to be alone, so we adopted a 2-year-old guinea pig named Fluffy. At the adoption agency, they seemed to get along just fine. We put them in a large enough cage for three guinea pigs and waited to see them sort things out. I don't know a lot about this so perhaps I went about it the wrong way? I left them in the cage together and at first things seemed okay. But then I noticed Thelma was squeaking a lot and running from Fluffy. Thelma stopped eating and was stressed. I waited a bit more hoping things would sort out, but they didn't. I ended up putting them in separate cages. I let them out together separated by a wire wall so they can smell each other and interact a bit. But I would love for them to be in the same cage. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go about doing this? Fluffy gets quite pushy when she's with Thelma and Thelma starts to cry out so I don't know how much to let it go and let them sort it out themselves?
Thank you.
We adopted Thelma and Louise when they were babies. Unfortunately, after about 3 years. Louise passed away. We didn't want Thelma to be alone, so we adopted a 2-year-old guinea pig named Fluffy. At the adoption agency, they seemed to get along just fine. We put them in a large enough cage for three guinea pigs and waited to see them sort things out. I don't know a lot about this so perhaps I went about it the wrong way? I left them in the cage together and at first things seemed okay. But then I noticed Thelma was squeaking a lot and running from Fluffy. Thelma stopped eating and was stressed. I waited a bit more hoping things would sort out, but they didn't. I ended up putting them in separate cages. I let them out together separated by a wire wall so they can smell each other and interact a bit. But I would love for them to be in the same cage. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go about doing this? Fluffy gets quite pushy when she's with Thelma and Thelma starts to cry out so I don't know how much to let it go and let them sort it out themselves?
Thank you.