Lymaine
Junior Guinea Pig
So Branston and Norman have lived side by side for about a 9 months since they drew blood in a fight. At first Branston drove me mad biting the bars madly whenever he could see Norman. I blocked his line of sight with a massive piece of cardboard for months and it stopped. Over time we were able to remove the cardboard and slowly move the cages closer together. They’ve stood up and looked at each other through the bars and I’ve even been able to carry them both one in each hand tucked under each arm.
Today during floor time (also separate) I decided to try putting Norman near Branston. Branston was on the floor and Norman was in my hands. They saw each other and it was not good
Norman started squealing and Branston started rumble strutting! I removed Norman straight away and they had their separate floor times. They’re now both home and Branston is back to biting the bars, rumbling and Norman is stretching up to look at Branston then running off to hide. I’ve put the sight divider back and they’ve both gone to sleep. I feel SO BAD! Have I ruined the tentative neighbourhood friendship by trying to reignite the original friendship?
I loved that they’d settled and now I feel I’m back to square one with the sight blocker!
Today during floor time (also separate) I decided to try putting Norman near Branston. Branston was on the floor and Norman was in my hands. They saw each other and it was not good
Norman started squealing and Branston started rumble strutting! I removed Norman straight away and they had their separate floor times. They’re now both home and Branston is back to biting the bars, rumbling and Norman is stretching up to look at Branston then running off to hide. I’ve put the sight divider back and they’ve both gone to sleep. I feel SO BAD! Have I ruined the tentative neighbourhood friendship by trying to reignite the original friendship?
I loved that they’d settled and now I feel I’m back to square one with the sight blocker!