Steffie
Junior Guinea Pig
hi,
i just read the thread about brothers fighting, as we had somewhat of an argumentative morning, but it seems that the argument has been settled (not sure what triggered it -i went over the thread again that explains boys' behaviour, and i am guessing fear on the part of one piggie, possibly because i tried to 'make contact' by reaching my hand out: he is the shy one, which set the brave one off on a chase, that continued after i transferred them to their run, from the hutch (which is 7ft long, so plenty of space to get away from each other), but did settle in the end (and there was also some popcorning, and squirting involved). they just woke up from their nap and are sharing the grass that i brought in for them.
other than discontinuing certain behaviours, are there any signs that suggest that they are 'kissing and making up'? for instance, there was some cheek rubbing just now (the one doing the chasing rubbing the other one, who was in his hut), which is tied into dominance behaviour (btw, is the one doing the rubbing being dominant?), but without any noises, or subsequent chasing: is that a good sign?
thanks!
i just read the thread about brothers fighting, as we had somewhat of an argumentative morning, but it seems that the argument has been settled (not sure what triggered it -i went over the thread again that explains boys' behaviour, and i am guessing fear on the part of one piggie, possibly because i tried to 'make contact' by reaching my hand out: he is the shy one, which set the brave one off on a chase, that continued after i transferred them to their run, from the hutch (which is 7ft long, so plenty of space to get away from each other), but did settle in the end (and there was also some popcorning, and squirting involved). they just woke up from their nap and are sharing the grass that i brought in for them.
other than discontinuing certain behaviours, are there any signs that suggest that they are 'kissing and making up'? for instance, there was some cheek rubbing just now (the one doing the chasing rubbing the other one, who was in his hut), which is tied into dominance behaviour (btw, is the one doing the rubbing being dominant?), but without any noises, or subsequent chasing: is that a good sign?
thanks!
