Hello! I'm a fairly new guinea pig owner (going on a few months) and despite reading a lot of things, something is still bugging me about what's going on.
I have one piggy tgat I've had for 5 months, and one that's a little younger who we just got 1 month ago. Two girls. The bonding went as expected; my older one was aggressive and asserted dominance while the younger one didn't fight back at all.
I went through the process of keeping them together but separated, then finally lowered the partition. For the most part it was fine but I've noticed this past week my older one always chasing, growling and making weird noises at the younger one who only hides or sits in the corner. Now it's gotten to the point where she's always in her house hiding until she wants food or water, cause the older one keeps bullying her.
They have a large cage, separate water, houses and hay. I've only just seen this come up and my guinea(s) aren't showing any sign of being sick (I check their eyes, breathing, etc daily). So my question is --- Is this normal? Should I be doing something or just letting it happen? Every time my big one comes at the little one I shoo her away. (I am fairly certain my piggies have established dominance, my older one is just bratty) . Any help would be appreciated!
I have one piggy tgat I've had for 5 months, and one that's a little younger who we just got 1 month ago. Two girls. The bonding went as expected; my older one was aggressive and asserted dominance while the younger one didn't fight back at all.
I went through the process of keeping them together but separated, then finally lowered the partition. For the most part it was fine but I've noticed this past week my older one always chasing, growling and making weird noises at the younger one who only hides or sits in the corner. Now it's gotten to the point where she's always in her house hiding until she wants food or water, cause the older one keeps bullying her.
They have a large cage, separate water, houses and hay. I've only just seen this come up and my guinea(s) aren't showing any sign of being sick (I check their eyes, breathing, etc daily). So my question is --- Is this normal? Should I be doing something or just letting it happen? Every time my big one comes at the little one I shoo her away. (I am fairly certain my piggies have established dominance, my older one is just bratty) . Any help would be appreciated!