Carma Violet
Teenage Guinea Pig
Ok, so Gadget is my eldest Guinea. She is about 7 months old now. 3 months later she was introduced to Gimmick, who is now about 2.5 months old.
There was quite an odd interaction between the two when I first put them together on neutral territory.
Gimmick would charge up to her and basically bite her, but without opening her mouth, or biting down. I would say it's more like a punch, but with her face. After 3-4 lunges by Gadget, she would then quiet aggressively smell her rear end. If Gimmick protested, or moved, she would get another swift and pretty hard whack. Then Gadget would move around to her face rumbling and lifting her head, then lunged 3-4 more times until Gimmick moved away. Now there is no blood drawn, and no pain expressed. (I know what the pain sound is after having a Guinea with Bladder Stones). They have been living together for 2-3 months now, and there haven't been any proper fights, the attacks still continue but Gimmick has learn't to run faster than Gadget. They don't sleep together and don't really have a very close friendship.
Now I have just got a new baby, FriarTuck, and tried to introduce her to Gimmick. Even though not to the same severity, Gimmick is expressing the same kind of behaviour on Tuck. These two seem to be more friends though, and will happily sit together. Except when I started to put them in the same cage (Trying to get these two to form a bond as they are closer in age and size)
I know this behaviour is probably completely normal. But I hear a lot about perfect bonds between piggies, or massive fights, not the inbetween.
There just seems to be tension, rather than harmony, it's not nasty or violent... It's just strained.
-Carma
There was quite an odd interaction between the two when I first put them together on neutral territory.
Gimmick would charge up to her and basically bite her, but without opening her mouth, or biting down. I would say it's more like a punch, but with her face. After 3-4 lunges by Gadget, she would then quiet aggressively smell her rear end. If Gimmick protested, or moved, she would get another swift and pretty hard whack. Then Gadget would move around to her face rumbling and lifting her head, then lunged 3-4 more times until Gimmick moved away. Now there is no blood drawn, and no pain expressed. (I know what the pain sound is after having a Guinea with Bladder Stones). They have been living together for 2-3 months now, and there haven't been any proper fights, the attacks still continue but Gimmick has learn't to run faster than Gadget. They don't sleep together and don't really have a very close friendship.
Now I have just got a new baby, FriarTuck, and tried to introduce her to Gimmick. Even though not to the same severity, Gimmick is expressing the same kind of behaviour on Tuck. These two seem to be more friends though, and will happily sit together. Except when I started to put them in the same cage (Trying to get these two to form a bond as they are closer in age and size)
I know this behaviour is probably completely normal. But I hear a lot about perfect bonds between piggies, or massive fights, not the inbetween.
There just seems to be tension, rather than harmony, it's not nasty or violent... It's just strained.
-Carma
. Good luck