Is this odd behaviour?

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Hi,

We put Mo and Patch together on the living room floor today. There was no fighting. No teeth chattering. Little Patch tried to snuggle up to Mo but Mo seemed to get a little amorous. Be was making a very low rumble and kept spraying on Patch. Gave Patch a bath after because he was rather stinky.

Should I try to put them together again at a later date do you think? Or do you think I should just leave it?

There was no nastiness just a little too much loving on Mo's part bless him. I only seperated them because of the spraying.

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Melissa :)
 
It sounds as though you could have a male and female. Is Patch definitely a boy?
 
Boys will do this too so after checking for willies i would let them together, they just mounting as a dominance thing... as long as theres no argy bargy it might be nice For them ;)
 
yeah boys can be like that too but i have found usually the male the getting jumped on will usually either retaliate or run away with teeth chattering. I hope if they are both male that they get along good. Hope it works out for you. Good Luck.
 
;D I did think the same thing. Checked for willy and think I saw one. Got a nice lady coming round to bring me another indoor cage tomorrow, she used to rescue, might get her to have a look to confirm :o dangly bits. Patch is only 12 weeks old. Mo is now about 3-4 months old. He was very curious and half the time was making happy sounds. It's the spraying on Patch that wasn't nice, poor little fella stank. ;D I will try again but make sure there is deffo a willy first. Hope they do get along, they are both lovely and cuddly with us.

So, should I only dive in if they Mo gets a bit rough and nasty? Not just a bit of spraying?

Thanks for your help.
Melissa
 
From my experience with males guineas they havent tended to actually spray on each other, usually only sray on the females when trying to mate. (It could be possible though just cause mine havent doesn't mean to say your one wont.)

Once you are sure they are both male i wouldn't seperate them unless they started fighting. Its good for guineas to have company with another guineapig. The are social animals.

Its good you have someone coming to see you tomorrow. i do think you should keep them seperate untill you find out for sure, unless you are wanting some baby piggies. If you are thinking of breeding you should wait till the female is about 6-8 months but not longer than 10 months for a first litter as at 10 - 12 months the pelvic bones start to fuse together and could cause problems.

Hope everything goes well. Please let us know how they get on.
 
lucy963 said:
If you are thinking of breeding you should wait till the female is about 6-8 months but not longer than 10 months for a first litter as at 10 - 12 months the pelvic bones start to fuse together and could cause problems.
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Welcome to the forum Lucy. In case you didn't know this forum is pro-rescue and therefore talking about breeding is not permitted.
 
Hi, yes, Laure is right, this is a pro-rescue forum: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/index.php?board=2.0 :)

When our two boys fell out, before it turned nasty one started spraying the other, then it all went horribly wrong after that - that's not to say that will happen with yours I hasten to add! This is a fantastic page for reference: http://www.cavyspirit.com/sociallife.htm, it's about halfway down the page. It would be lovely to get two lonely piggies together if it's possible once you have verified their sex. :)
 
Yeah i read that after Laure said that. I hadn't realized before. Wont say anything like that again, promise. I great full for you letting me know. :)
 
we do talk about accidental pregnancies etc its just we dont approove or want to promote intentional breeding, hope u dont feel slapped :) we are all lovly here! :smitten:
 
naw don't feel slapped. :) Glad that i was told before i said something else. I am glad i found this site. everybody does seem nice. :)
 
Hi,

He is deffo a boy. Have kept the seperated in different cages. Don't want them to fall out. Think I'll do a little interaction now and them and see how it goes. If he had been a girl I'd have kept them apart anyway, don't want any babies.

The lovely lady brought Mo a fab new home and he is in heaven. It is a wire top one and he can see all around him much better now. He has been climbing on top of his house and jumping off, shouting at me through the bars..............he stays out more and I think because he has more of a visual, not so much makes him jump.

She did say that if I needed another one then I should give her a ring. I may take her up on that for Patch.............he has a plastic top one and he may like little bars so he can see mo. Even if they can just have a little chat when they want to I think that will be cool.

you know, have started to clear my dining room, making it ready to house the piggies. And the bunny in the winter. If I am lucky I may be able to take on another one if need be. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
If they are both boys and the only problem was the spraying you should keep trying to introduce them together. They will enjoy the company. As long as they dont fight they should be fine. I glad you found out. Good luck.
 
Thanks,

I'll keep giving it a go. Let them run round the front room carpet for a bit each night.

:)
 
i have two girls zoe and jessie, zoe is nearly 4 and jessie is nearly 2. well zoe was picked on so much by first choloe ( RIP 0:)) and then jessie bossing zoe around trying to hump her, wobbling rumps, rattling at her etc that now zoe suffers like her mum (me) with piggy panic attacks and is much happier on her own.
as far as your boys go i would keep trying to introduce them but be prepared for squabbling when patch reaches puberty :o :o :o have lots of fruit and veg on hand to take their minds of eachother and hugs to the boys :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: and goodluck O0
 
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