Me and my other half's two guinea pigs (who we've had for just over a year now) have never had any major scraps before - just the usual 'brotherly' rows! But that's all changed in the last couple of days, where I've had to break up a couple of vicious-looking tumbles. Because I work shifts and my other half is currently staying with her parents while we prepare to move house I didn't want to leave them together unsupervised in their current state.
I've got them in two different cages pushed up next to each other and the pigs themselves seem more relaxed and content than they have the last couple of days (lots of chutting from both parties!) They do however keep looking for each other by climbing up to the shared wall between the cages and calling out to one another, where they'll sniff the other's nose and attempt to chew through the partition. It really looks like they want to be back in the same cage and I'm at a loss of what to do here!
I don't think it was play fighting. From midday til around 6pm all I could hear was teeth chattering and chasing!
Couple of questions:
I've got them in two different cages pushed up next to each other and the pigs themselves seem more relaxed and content than they have the last couple of days (lots of chutting from both parties!) They do however keep looking for each other by climbing up to the shared wall between the cages and calling out to one another, where they'll sniff the other's nose and attempt to chew through the partition. It really looks like they want to be back in the same cage and I'm at a loss of what to do here!
I don't think it was play fighting. From midday til around 6pm all I could hear was teeth chattering and chasing!
Couple of questions:
- What would cause two guinea pigs to suddenly fall out to this degree?
- Is it possible to give them time to miss each other? i.e, is it possible that things will cool down and I'll be able to reintroduce them?
