New piggy

[Lauraarse03]

Hi, so I’ve had guinea pigs for a while now and the two guinea pigs I have now are Lulu and Tucker and they’re both a year and a half and they’ve been together in the same cage for a year and a half. I rescued a new baby and she’s a female, and I’m bonding them in a neutral setting Where none of them have ever been and it’s causing my two older guinea pigs mostly to fight they’re both showing their teeth they’re both nose to nose and I’m thinking it’s because they’re trying to figure out who is more dominant and usually that’s my guinea pig Lulu the female, but now he’s actually trying to be more aggressive so I was just wondering if that’s normal and if it will stop they’re acting normal with the baby they’re mounting her for a second. They’re nipping her on the butt but other than that it’s mostly my two older guinea pigs that I’ve been together the whole time that that are fighting more what should I do ? Don’t want any of my piggys to get hurt.

 

[piggl]

So you have an older female, a older neutered boar and now a younger female? It would be good to get some more information, how old is the young one?

It’s been a couple hours so how are they getting on now?
I don’t want to comment on it as I don’t have any experience with sows or mixed groups, but there is a chance the new baby has upset the bond they already had. They may be able to work this out and figure how they fit together, but again I have no experience.

A Closer Look At Pairs (Boars - Sows - Mixed)
Bonding and Interaction: Illustrated social behaviours and bonding dynamics
Adding More Guinea Pigs Or Merging Pairs – What Works And What Not?

 

[Lauraarse03]

Yes there both 1 and a-half year old and the baby is 4 months their good now but it was the two older ones who were fighting no biting but showing teeth chattering rumbling an hissing lulu has always been the dominant one while tucker just let her lol now I feel like he wants to be the boss lol