lavnleepiggyparents
New Born Pup
Hello! I needed to make an account to get some advice as a newer piggy owner, I am very worried.
So me and my bf adopted 2 female guinea pigs who were in the same enclosure at petsmart (wanted to do shelter but store was closer) and the employees said that they were sisters. We adopted them in January of last year and we didn't get them fixed yet because of money
It started off fine, they were very skittish at first but we expected it! but over time the older one (Penelope) became overly dominant (more than I expected at least) and recently she has been biting or maybe nipping I'm not sure, but she lunges her head forward a bit at the younger one (Pippin) and after they're done Pippin leaves the hide limping a bit and we are getting very concerned. They have a c&c cage that is around 5x5 ft i believe? but they have some space. We have a couple of hides for them but they are 1 exit only and Pippin gets trapped by Penelope and gets the nips/bites(?) when she starts screaming
We don't have much of a relationship with Pippin because she is very closed off (really sad to say this bc she is mine </3 ) but we get along with Penelope well and we didn't want to seperate them because they are social animals but it's starting to seem like a last resort. Even if we love them cuz they're our babies
I am trying to get a job to save up to get them fixed but I don't know if their relationship has failed or not
We really don't know what to do.
So me and my bf adopted 2 female guinea pigs who were in the same enclosure at petsmart (wanted to do shelter but store was closer) and the employees said that they were sisters. We adopted them in January of last year and we didn't get them fixed yet because of money
It started off fine, they were very skittish at first but we expected it! but over time the older one (Penelope) became overly dominant (more than I expected at least) and recently she has been biting or maybe nipping I'm not sure, but she lunges her head forward a bit at the younger one (Pippin) and after they're done Pippin leaves the hide limping a bit and we are getting very concerned. They have a c&c cage that is around 5x5 ft i believe? but they have some space. We have a couple of hides for them but they are 1 exit only and Pippin gets trapped by Penelope and gets the nips/bites(?) when she starts screaming
We don't have much of a relationship with Pippin because she is very closed off (really sad to say this bc she is mine </3 ) but we get along with Penelope well and we didn't want to seperate them because they are social animals but it's starting to seem like a last resort. Even if we love them cuz they're our babies
I am trying to get a job to save up to get them fixed but I don't know if their relationship has failed or not
We really don't know what to do.
