,:: Any guinea pig experts out there? ::.
12 years ago
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CURRENT STATUS:
Fixing PC. Work is back on track though.
Because I'm puzzled right now with mine :/
I have two males atm, a father and son, which I re-homed for my mother. Now they started off fine together, but now the son is occasionally beating the dad up. The dad doesn't seem overly worried about this, even though I've found a few marks on him. But I'm still concerned.
Every time I take the daddy pig out, the son will become rather worried and start dashing about and squeaking. I think he's acting worried anyway, i'm finding it hard to tell with him. Though the daddy pig will happily sit on my lap and not seem at all worried about being separated, he even makes purring noises.
I read online that it was best to separate them if they fight. But it's not fighting, the son is just occasionally picking on his dad (Which I assume is because he's being dominant or something) and I did try to separate them after the son gave the dad a nasty bite. The son wasn't too happy about it, making quite the distressed ruckas so I put them back together and he quickly snuggled up to his dad.
I'm confused quite a bit. They have plenty of space (I hand made an indoor pen for them as it's far too cold to have them out in the garden) and I make sure there's more then enough food and water in there so they don't have to compete. I observe them, give them equal amounts of fuss and treats, and most of the time they will happily just cuddle up and purr to one another.
Just the son will suddenly have a moment where he bites the dad. I'm getting worried about him... so if anyone has any advice, I would really appreciate it <3
I have had piggies in the past. But they were female and got on fantastic with each other. Never had a pair that beat one another up before..
Otherwise it may be best to repeater them, especially if the son is attacking the father, and the father is not retaliating.
I checked to see if the son had any marks on him, but he doesn't, so I'm assuming the dad isn't retaliating. If the son carries on though, I'll have to permanently separate them. Though having two pigs by themselves seems sad.