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Hello everyone, I’m new here. 
First I have to say, I am no guinea pig enthusiast or anything, I just have two of them as pets. They are my first guinea pigs, and I adopted them. They are pretty young, but Spunky, my tricolor Abyssinian, is obviously older than Sasha, my red and white. They are both females, and Spunky used to be dominant. Until now… Spunky, when she was dominant, was never mean to Sasha. When Sasha bothered her, Spunky would head butt and then grumble and or chatter her teeth while Sasha made quiet squeaking sounds. I never heard Spunky squeal very loud, or actually squeal at all, while she was dominant. A couple days ago we were sitting in the other room when we heard a LOUD squeak. When we went to check on them, bedding was ALL over. We separated them for a couple minutes. A day later we heard it again, but figured out Spunky was squealing, like she was in pain. We took them to a vet, and he found a bald spot on Spunky’s rear end, and said that it must be sore. He mentioned something must’ve irritated Spunky in that area and one of the piggies ripped out the hair. He gave us medicines and ointment, and we left. To prevent Sasha from irritating the sore, we built a C&C cage (without the chloroplast) and added a divider. We did allow them time to spend with each other without the divider. They LOVED the company of one another at first, but after a while, Sasha charges at her. We have kept them there a couple days and we are at our WITS’ END trying to find out what to do. It could be a dominance issue, but there is not much to do. I suggested letting them fight, and maybe Spunky would see now that Sasha is the boss, but my family disliked that idea. We are now getting a chloroplast, but the C&C cage can’t be permanent, because of lack of room. Getting rid of one is out of the question. When they are not in the C&C cage, though, they are nice as can be to one another. When they are in there and the divider is down, Sasha charges at Spunky and tries to hop on her back. So, is Sasha in heat? Is it a dominance issue? How can we work this out without them killing eachother? Thanks for help in advance!
First I have to say, I am no guinea pig enthusiast or anything, I just have two of them as pets. They are my first guinea pigs, and I adopted them. They are pretty young, but Spunky, my tricolor Abyssinian, is obviously older than Sasha, my red and white. They are both females, and Spunky used to be dominant. Until now… Spunky, when she was dominant, was never mean to Sasha. When Sasha bothered her, Spunky would head butt and then grumble and or chatter her teeth while Sasha made quiet squeaking sounds. I never heard Spunky squeal very loud, or actually squeal at all, while she was dominant. A couple days ago we were sitting in the other room when we heard a LOUD squeak. When we went to check on them, bedding was ALL over. We separated them for a couple minutes. A day later we heard it again, but figured out Spunky was squealing, like she was in pain. We took them to a vet, and he found a bald spot on Spunky’s rear end, and said that it must be sore. He mentioned something must’ve irritated Spunky in that area and one of the piggies ripped out the hair. He gave us medicines and ointment, and we left. To prevent Sasha from irritating the sore, we built a C&C cage (without the chloroplast) and added a divider. We did allow them time to spend with each other without the divider. They LOVED the company of one another at first, but after a while, Sasha charges at her. We have kept them there a couple days and we are at our WITS’ END trying to find out what to do. It could be a dominance issue, but there is not much to do. I suggested letting them fight, and maybe Spunky would see now that Sasha is the boss, but my family disliked that idea. We are now getting a chloroplast, but the C&C cage can’t be permanent, because of lack of room. Getting rid of one is out of the question. When they are not in the C&C cage, though, they are nice as can be to one another. When they are in there and the divider is down, Sasha charges at Spunky and tries to hop on her back. So, is Sasha in heat? Is it a dominance issue? How can we work this out without them killing eachother? Thanks for help in advance!
