Jeniva
Junior Guinea Pig
I bought two piggies from pets at home back in the Summer, both males and possibly related (both ginger but different breeds). I called them Chewbacca (Chewie) and Han Solo (Han). Chewie has always been a nut job since day one, runs around squeeking, pop corns almost all the time and is the dominant of the two. He started humping Han an awful lot around 4 months of age. Around this time Han developed a few face abscesses, which was when I had to separate them as I was flushing Han daily. He then had a couple of ops followed by an infection. They were separated for about a month, maybe more. Poor Chewie stuck in his big hutch all alone in the garage - and Han in my room in the warm but alone and on news paper whilst fighting for his little life.
When I was nice days I separated the run and they could see each other and talk through a divider. Also sometimes I'd put Han in his carrier in the garage facing Chewie's cage so they could talk again.
Han is still fighting an infection but is healing nicely and the other day I re-introduced them both together after buying a new indoor cage for them.
There was chattering and a head to head fight which I had to break up. But I left them together, with a couple of hidey houses - and so far it seems good. Han possibly got a small wound from Chewie, it was more of a graze than anything - but I'm not 100% this is from Chewie as he's had a few of these whilst he's been on his own and possibly self inflicted as they were by the abscesses.
Chewie had stopped pop corning when he was on his own in the garage - and now he's back to pop corning all the time. He still does his rumble dominance dance but haven't seen him humping Han. They mostly spend time in separate hides. They're in my room in another section of my room so I can hear whats going on. I've run in a few times in the night whilst hearing a lot of noise only to find it was just Chewie running around for no reason being a noisy . They have spent some time together in a hide but don't seem 100% at ease with one another yet. I'd imagine Chewie is hard to tolerate with his constant pop corning, constant squeeking, head butting the water bottle off and lifting up the hide and trying to flip it. Han is so docile and relaxed, rarely makes a noise.
Fingers crossed they'll bond more in time!
When I was nice days I separated the run and they could see each other and talk through a divider. Also sometimes I'd put Han in his carrier in the garage facing Chewie's cage so they could talk again.
Han is still fighting an infection but is healing nicely and the other day I re-introduced them both together after buying a new indoor cage for them.
There was chattering and a head to head fight which I had to break up. But I left them together, with a couple of hidey houses - and so far it seems good. Han possibly got a small wound from Chewie, it was more of a graze than anything - but I'm not 100% this is from Chewie as he's had a few of these whilst he's been on his own and possibly self inflicted as they were by the abscesses.
Chewie had stopped pop corning when he was on his own in the garage - and now he's back to pop corning all the time. He still does his rumble dominance dance but haven't seen him humping Han. They mostly spend time in separate hides. They're in my room in another section of my room so I can hear whats going on. I've run in a few times in the night whilst hearing a lot of noise only to find it was just Chewie running around for no reason being a noisy . They have spent some time together in a hide but don't seem 100% at ease with one another yet. I'd imagine Chewie is hard to tolerate with his constant pop corning, constant squeeking, head butting the water bottle off and lifting up the hide and trying to flip it. Han is so docile and relaxed, rarely makes a noise.
Fingers crossed they'll bond more in time!
