Gordon&Jemima
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So the other day, my mum was grooming my Guinea Pigs, Gordon & Jemima. My mum brushed Gordon first and put him back in their indoor cage. She then groomed Jemima and I put her back in the cage with Gordon.
All of a sudden, Gordon started chattering his teeth and becoming quite irate. Jemima then started making a whining noise and also began chattering her teeth. Gordon then proceeded to vibrate and puff up his fur while making his way slowly towards Jemima, (also whilst still chattering/opening his mouth & stomping his foot a couple of times). As he got closer to Jemima, her whining became louder and she had backed into a corner.
At this point, I had to remove Jemima as she was quite clearly frightened and Gordon wasn't going to back down.
We tried introducing Jemima into the cage after about 10 minutes and the same thing happened. We even took Gordon out of the cage and kept Jemima in there and even then Gordon still seemed really angry once he was back in the cage and was even going to bite Jemima! Me, Mum and Dad had all seen it happen and we were totally shocked and confused, since we had had them for 10 months and had never witnessed any aggressive behaviour between them.
As we were going out that day, we left Gordon in a separate pet carrier and left Jemima in the cage (for some 'cooling off' time I guess). When we got back, we put Gordon back in the cage and luckily everything went back to normal.
It was only that evening that I realised I had sprayed perfume on me just before picking up Jemima and putting her back in the cage after being groomed by my Mum. So we've all come to the conclusion that Jemima smelt of strong perfume, causing Gordon to think she was another, strange Guinea Pig in his cage and that's why he went into attack mode.
All I can say is, lesson learnt!
Has anyone ever experienced this kind of situation before?
All of a sudden, Gordon started chattering his teeth and becoming quite irate. Jemima then started making a whining noise and also began chattering her teeth. Gordon then proceeded to vibrate and puff up his fur while making his way slowly towards Jemima, (also whilst still chattering/opening his mouth & stomping his foot a couple of times). As he got closer to Jemima, her whining became louder and she had backed into a corner.
At this point, I had to remove Jemima as she was quite clearly frightened and Gordon wasn't going to back down.
We tried introducing Jemima into the cage after about 10 minutes and the same thing happened. We even took Gordon out of the cage and kept Jemima in there and even then Gordon still seemed really angry once he was back in the cage and was even going to bite Jemima! Me, Mum and Dad had all seen it happen and we were totally shocked and confused, since we had had them for 10 months and had never witnessed any aggressive behaviour between them.
As we were going out that day, we left Gordon in a separate pet carrier and left Jemima in the cage (for some 'cooling off' time I guess). When we got back, we put Gordon back in the cage and luckily everything went back to normal.
It was only that evening that I realised I had sprayed perfume on me just before picking up Jemima and putting her back in the cage after being groomed by my Mum. So we've all come to the conclusion that Jemima smelt of strong perfume, causing Gordon to think she was another, strange Guinea Pig in his cage and that's why he went into attack mode.
All I can say is, lesson learnt!
Has anyone ever experienced this kind of situation before?
