Lorcan
Forum Buddy
Watching my pair the other day I noticed something. They share food just fine (having a double bowl for pellets instead of a single works great, one bowl is hard to fit two heads into), whether that's hay or veggies. No guarding, they'll steal each other's food from their mouths, just general normal guinea pig behaviour. Cam does insist on first dibs, but that's life. Bann's still getting plenty.
The other day Bann was trying to get at some Readigrass Cam was sitting on. Again not guarding, it was just where Camowen had plonked his backside. They're both eating at the Readigrass with Bann getting the occasional nose push because his mouth's near Cam's back end - til eventually Bann's making that preemptive jump backwards when Cam moves, even when Cam's just shifting his weight slightly and not actually worrying about Bann at all.
Considering the context, my assumption is Bann's just making sure he doesn't get told off again. There's no fighting, and like I said there's no dodgy food behaviours going on in general. I don't want to assume everything's fine and dandy in their world so if it's possible I'm missing something I'd rather know, but my feeling is Cam's just throwing his weight around and Bann's just getting on with things.
The other day Bann was trying to get at some Readigrass Cam was sitting on. Again not guarding, it was just where Camowen had plonked his backside. They're both eating at the Readigrass with Bann getting the occasional nose push because his mouth's near Cam's back end - til eventually Bann's making that preemptive jump backwards when Cam moves, even when Cam's just shifting his weight slightly and not actually worrying about Bann at all.
Considering the context, my assumption is Bann's just making sure he doesn't get told off again. There's no fighting, and like I said there's no dodgy food behaviours going on in general. I don't want to assume everything's fine and dandy in their world so if it's possible I'm missing something I'd rather know, but my feeling is Cam's just throwing his weight around and Bann's just getting on with things.