My adult wont stop bullying my baby.

[Chelseastorms85]

My guinea pig has been lonely, so I went to the nearby pet store and got a baby. I quarantined the baby as instructed, and then put them together. My adult was standing on the baby’s head and humping him. The baby was making scared noises and seemed to be accepting my adult as dominant, but my adult kept stepping on the baby’s head and humping him. I want to know if I should separate them or just keep trying and letting my adult keep doing this.

 

[Wiebke]

My guinea pig has been lonely, so I went to the nearby pet store and got a baby. I quarantined the baby as instructed, and then put them together. My adult was standing on the baby’s head and humping him. The baby was making scared noises and seemed to be accepting my adult as dominant, but my adult kept stepping on the baby’s head and humping him. I want to know if I should separate them or just keep trying and letting my adult keep doing this.

Hi!

Excited boars will mount annother piggy from any angle irrespective of gender. What you should do is create a little refuge with two exits and a little soft hay inside that only the baby can get into; in a pinch a small tunnel cardboard box will do. Boars don't hurt babies but they can go overboard with the humping so you need to give the little one a chance to have some time out whenever needed.
The screaming is submission screaming, not pain. It is the correct response to dominance mounting. If the baby has had enough, he will either run away or challenge your boy.

Make sure that the boars have plenty of space and no dead corners in the bonding area as well as in the cade wait until the initial overexcitement has died down before transferring them to their cage. Remove any huts with only one exit but make sure that the boars have two of each (huts or tunnels, water bottles, bowls which you remove between meals and access to hay that cannot be dominance blocked). Keep in mind that it takes about two weeks after the introduction until the group has been fully established.

Please read the chapters on boar bonding and baby bonding in our bonding guide: Bonding and Interaction: Illustrated social behaviours and bonding dynamics
Here is a list of dominance behaviours: Dominance Behaviours In Guinea Pigs
Our boar guide contains a chapter on the do's and dont's when it comes to boars in order to not upset them, especially during teenage. You should find that helpful as it removes the most common issues for trouble: A Comprehensive Guide to Guinea Pig Boars

 

[Chelseastorms85]

Hi!

Excited boars will mount annother piggy from any angle irrespective of gender. What you should do is create a little refuge with two exits and a little soft hay inside that only the baby can get into; in a pinch a small tunnel cardboard box will do. Boars don't hurt babies but they can go overboard with the humping so you need to give the little one a chance to have some time out whenever needed.
The screaming is submission screaming, not pain. It is the correct response to dominance mounting. If the baby has had enough, he will either run away or challenge your boy.

Make sure that the boars have plenty of space and no dead corners in the bonding area as well as in the cade wait until the initial overexcitement has died down before transferring them to their cage. Remove any huts with only one exit but make sure that the boars have two of each (huts or tunnels, water bottles, bowls which you remove between meals and access to hay that cannot be dominance blocked). Keep in mind that it takes about two weeks after the introduction until the group has been fully established.

Please read the chapters on boar bonding and baby bonding in our bonding guide: Bonding and Interaction: Illustrated social behaviours and bonding dynamics
Here is a list of dominance behaviours: Dominance Behaviours In Guinea Pigs
Our boar guide contains a chapter on the do's and dont's when it comes to boars in order to not upset them, especially during teenage. You should find that helpful as it removes the most common issues for trouble: A Comprehensive Guide to Guinea Pig Boars

Thank you!

 

[Chelseastorms85]

In my last thread I said that my baby pig was being humped excessively by my adult pig. I did the thing where my baby had a place to get away, and he would just stay in there and wouldn't come out and eat, so my adult was eating all the food. I started feeding them separately and I feel like that is kind of working, but how do I make it so I can be able to feed them together again.

 

[Piggies&buns]

So it was 18 May when you posted your last thread, so they’ve been together for almost 10 days. Dominance behaviour tends to continue for around 2 weeks after they are introduced.

Is your baby coming out to eat hay throughout the day independently? Hay needs to be the biggest part of their diet, so while you may be feeding veg separately if your piggy isn’t coming out to eat hay independently, then he won’t be eating enough. When you say you are feeding them separately, what are you actually doing to do that - ie is baby being removed from the cage? Separating them or not respecting the hierarchy will cause the adult piggy to reassert his dominance when they are out back together

Please keep any further information on this subject to the one thread rather than starting a new one as it means we have all the previous information in one place. I’m going to ask our admins to merge your threads @Lady Kelly @Wiebke