jamham27
New Born Pup
Hello!
For my birthday, my girlfriend gifted me a cute little guinea piggy, whom I named Avery. Avery, who is from a pet shop and probably about 3 or so months old, and I were getting along pretty well. He liked to sit on my chest and cuddle and purr all the time. In fact, the reason I chose him over the other piggies was his tendency to sit still and cuddles. Things were gong well, so I decided it would probably be a great idea to find another piggy to cuddle with Avery when I'm not around. I then brought home a rehomed guinea pig who I renamed Alphonso. Alphonso is about 8 months old, very docile, and super cute. The only problem is that we are having a bit of difficulty adjusting to the new arrangement.
At first everyone was mounting everyone, but I didn't interfere because I know male guinea pigs often need to sort out the dominance hierarchy. That was about 2 weeks ago and the mounting seemed to die down. Unfortunately, Avery has been acting very different. He is irritable and often challenges Alphonso when they're in the cage together, rumbling at, chasing, and occasionally mounting him. Alphonso basically just runs away with the exception of yesterday when they had their first fight and I had to remove Aver who was being unusually aggressive and bit me very hard. Other times, when I take either one out for cuddle time, Avery can't stand to be away from Alphonso and spends the whole time running around and crying for him. It really makes me sad to see him so upset, and rather frustrates me because I don't really understand why he's acting this way. Any ideas, suggestions? I wonder if little Avery is too attached to Alphonso and would be better off is I housed them separately.
For my birthday, my girlfriend gifted me a cute little guinea piggy, whom I named Avery. Avery, who is from a pet shop and probably about 3 or so months old, and I were getting along pretty well. He liked to sit on my chest and cuddle and purr all the time. In fact, the reason I chose him over the other piggies was his tendency to sit still and cuddles. Things were gong well, so I decided it would probably be a great idea to find another piggy to cuddle with Avery when I'm not around. I then brought home a rehomed guinea pig who I renamed Alphonso. Alphonso is about 8 months old, very docile, and super cute. The only problem is that we are having a bit of difficulty adjusting to the new arrangement.
At first everyone was mounting everyone, but I didn't interfere because I know male guinea pigs often need to sort out the dominance hierarchy. That was about 2 weeks ago and the mounting seemed to die down. Unfortunately, Avery has been acting very different. He is irritable and often challenges Alphonso when they're in the cage together, rumbling at, chasing, and occasionally mounting him. Alphonso basically just runs away with the exception of yesterday when they had their first fight and I had to remove Aver who was being unusually aggressive and bit me very hard. Other times, when I take either one out for cuddle time, Avery can't stand to be away from Alphonso and spends the whole time running around and crying for him. It really makes me sad to see him so upset, and rather frustrates me because I don't really understand why he's acting this way. Any ideas, suggestions? I wonder if little Avery is too attached to Alphonso and would be better off is I housed them separately.
Hope that helps.
as I didnt want either one to miss the other and it works well as they are both much more confident with each other to cuddle up to as well as me. I do however put a "fence" around the front of the sofa because I dont want them to jump or fall off the edge while I cuddle them, its better to be safe than sorry and you cant always keep an eye on both at the same time. Plus I have to be careful of my dog so the barrier is there to protect them from her too.