brookeh2662
New Born Pup
I have 2 guinea pigs - 1 is a little over a year old and the other is 4 months old (both girls). They have been bonded now since the beginning of November. Last week, I walked into my room and my cage was a complete mess and the girls were non-stop making whining noises, intensely loud teeth chattering, and hair raised on the back of their necks. I let them be for a few minutes but then they lunged at each other twice. Nothing like this has ever happened with them before. They’ve done the typical rumble strutting and nose-butting but it escalated to a point that I’d never seen between them before. After about 15 minutes with that behavior still not cooling down, I separated the cage in half (I have a 2x6 C&C cage) because it was late at night and I did not want to have to worry while I was trying to sleep. This was 3 days ago and I’ve still had no luck with them together. I’ve tried putting them in another C&C cage I built on neutral territory and after a few minutes the same extremely loud teeth chattering happened and the younger one was very depressed trying to hide under the water bottle and standing on the sides of the cage trying to get out. I’m assuming this is all being initiated by the older one but I don’t see what could’ve happened between them so quickly. I have a vet appointment scheduled for them on Tuesday but really would appreciate some advice in the meantime. Thank you all so much!