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dkcrooby
Hi, I need some advice.
After doing a lot of research my wife and I decided that we would like to get my son Luke a guinea. We now have the hutch and built on a run, and Flapjack is just lovely but a little lonely at night ( and we thought during school too)...so we just purchased another from someone in adtrader. Flapjack is a boar, the new one (4 weeks older, yet smaller) is also a boar because we didn't want a colony.
Flapjack is very inquisitive about the new arrival, however, Snowy (it's an albino) is very nervous, and starts nervous squeaking if Flapjack gets too close, and will actually turn to nip if feeling too threatened! Flapjack is not aggressive just nosey.
I was told that Snowy was also nipped a few times by others as he is quieter (evidence of which is on the tips of each ear). I do feel he is a bit more subdued, scrawnier and more defensive than he should be. I did feel that we would be bringing him to a better situation than I found him in.
Have I made a mistake, should I have left well alone? Will things improve and can I help it along?
After doing a lot of research my wife and I decided that we would like to get my son Luke a guinea. We now have the hutch and built on a run, and Flapjack is just lovely but a little lonely at night ( and we thought during school too)...so we just purchased another from someone in adtrader. Flapjack is a boar, the new one (4 weeks older, yet smaller) is also a boar because we didn't want a colony.
Flapjack is very inquisitive about the new arrival, however, Snowy (it's an albino) is very nervous, and starts nervous squeaking if Flapjack gets too close, and will actually turn to nip if feeling too threatened! Flapjack is not aggressive just nosey.
I was told that Snowy was also nipped a few times by others as he is quieter (evidence of which is on the tips of each ear). I do feel he is a bit more subdued, scrawnier and more defensive than he should be. I did feel that we would be bringing him to a better situation than I found him in.
Have I made a mistake, should I have left well alone? Will things improve and can I help it along?