Lymaine
Junior Guinea Pig
So I have two 9 month old boars who I’ve had to split up because they suddenly started to fight and I found wounds on both. Currently we have one in the c&c and the other in your typical shop bought size cage while we wait for our second c&c to arrive.
The thing is.. the one in the c&c has started biting the grids and the one in the small cage is looking a bit sad (could be because he’s in the small cage?). I put them near each other through the c&c grid and there was interest. At the moment they can smell each other but not see each other. I know they can’t live together and I’m hoping behaviours will improve when I get the second c&c and they are closer and can see each other but what can I do to make this easier on them in the meantime?
Also.. would they be able to have floor/garden time together? Thinking as we’d be there to chuck a blanket on them and separate if things got grumpy.. or is that too risky? Would it confuse them? Could they have sofa cuddle time semi together.. one with a person each and not able to bite each other?
I’m so confused because I’ve never had to split up a pair before and when they started to fight I separated them for the day while I was in work then reintroduced in a bonding situation that evening.. it went really well or so I thought until the next morning they fought again so I had to split again. They’ve been separate since.
Thanks in advance
The thing is.. the one in the c&c has started biting the grids and the one in the small cage is looking a bit sad (could be because he’s in the small cage?). I put them near each other through the c&c grid and there was interest. At the moment they can smell each other but not see each other. I know they can’t live together and I’m hoping behaviours will improve when I get the second c&c and they are closer and can see each other but what can I do to make this easier on them in the meantime?
Also.. would they be able to have floor/garden time together? Thinking as we’d be there to chuck a blanket on them and separate if things got grumpy.. or is that too risky? Would it confuse them? Could they have sofa cuddle time semi together.. one with a person each and not able to bite each other?
I’m so confused because I’ve never had to split up a pair before and when they started to fight I separated them for the day while I was in work then reintroduced in a bonding situation that evening.. it went really well or so I thought until the next morning they fought again so I had to split again. They’ve been separate since.
Thanks in advance