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I have noticed they are rumblestrutting more often now and they stop when I shout at them but what about when I am not there? I am scared they will fight...:0

Would it be possible to separate them with one C&C grid in the middle of the cage (mine isn't a C&C cage though) and give them 1 armchair and dish each?

Are they just being teenagers at the moment or should I be worried? It happened when they were bullying each other off the armchair (those bloody armchairs!) so I bought another and they are still doing it.

Are they just being boys? Please help...what else should I be looking out for danger wise?

Also, advice on the C&C idea would be appreciated. :)
 
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Your boys are still only boys coming up to the stroppy age. So far, you need not worry. It sounds pretty normal to me! Even my sows push each other off a favourite spot - sometimes just to throw their weight around!

But it is not a bad idea thinking about what you can do in case you have to separate them. A C&C cage is certainly a good idea, as it is adaptable, so you can enlarge/divide/add a second story at need.

Hopefully, Hoggle and Ludo can make it through the difficult stage without having to be separated, like the majority of boars!

For boar behaviour and danger signs:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949
 
that sounds like my 2 boys they quite often chatter their teeth wiggles their bums and go nose to nose and chase each other but 5 mins later theyre friends and if i shout at them or go up to them they run and hide in the house together!
 
BOYS! Just starting to show off their action man collection... :))
 
I think being bossy, teasing and fighting (to a limit) is just part of the social interaction. I mean, who never fought with their siblings because you were bored?

They seem look for fights sometimes and even if I give each a piece of carrot they will always abandon what they've got and try and steal someone elses share... I've started sometimes to just put down one larger piece of something (when it's for treat, not for nutrition) so that they can take turns stealing it and hiding. They seem to have fun doing it and I think a guinea pigs life, even one with friends, appropriate toys and a large cage, can be dull sometimes so I think they enjoy playing and teasing each other.
 
I always have more pieces of the same veg than piggies to counter the food snatchers... Scattering veg all over the cage helps as well.

For boredom - just throw in an old towel and see what they are doing with it! Or peg an old hankie to the bars and let it spill to the ground.
 
Thanks, will give that a try! I am scared there isn't enough floor space now with all the furniture and that might not help! :o

Think the scary bath experience might bond them!
 
Hiya! I don't know much about boars but it does sound like just bickering at the moment. keep an eye on it.

I would say having had the same cage as you that with the 2 chairs it may be too much and not give them enough room to run but then they argue over the chairs! Do they get in the run much as the 2 chairs would be okay in there?

Also if you did end up seperating them then the one cage split into two wouldn't be big enough for either of them. i don't think it will come to that though.
 
I am torn whether to take the bed out and keep the 2 chairs but then I feel the bed is a waste, unless I give it to my hammy, but he chews everything to pieces!

They don't go in the pen much cos they won't come out of their sac and they try to poke their heads through the bars to get out. :(

I covered all the bars with fleece last time but they still didn't come out, but to be fair, they did just have a trim and a bath!

I will take the bed out for now because I have never seen them use it apart from the day I bought it. rolleyes
 
If telling the pushy one off doesn't work try taking him out for an hour and putting him elsewhere away out of sight of the other,I use a 'naughty hutch' to sort pushy pigs out,a bit like solitary confinement if you like,tends to sort them out though once put back together...

allan
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I can't offer advice I'm afraid, but just to say that I hope it's just a phase they're going though and they don't have to be split.

My girls bicker occasionally (no rumbling) and shove each other around too
 
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bath might bond them that way they'll smell the same & having gone though the same thing may calm them
the first 2 piggies i had once a month patch got it on him would chase becks around & hump him but would get bored after awhile patch always wanted to be the boss but becks wasn't interested at all just got on with his little world

boys & thier strange ways
 
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