Hello!
I’m sorry for the long post but please please help if you can!
I’m fairly new to having piggies. I got my first two, a sibling pair (male, Zeus, and female, Hera) about a year ago. I got Zeus neutered and since then they have been great and I’ve had no issues with them.
About three months ago I rescued an older male, Ares, off Facebook he is about 3.5 years old and he had never been around any other guinea pigs. I got him neutered and I attempted to introduce him to my other two piggies but it didn’t go well. Zeus was not having it. So in the end I decided to just get Ares his own buddy. I found Athena on Facebook. She is just a few months old. I did all my research introducing them in a neutral location. Ares did some rumble strutting at first, but from their first introduction they have done amazingly well. Neither of them have shown what I believe to be aggressive signs. There have been no fights, no mounting, no bites, no blood. But the last few days I have been hearing this high pitched loud cry. Every time I rush in there to make sure everything is alright they are just laying beside each other. It happens several times randomly throughout the day. I’ve tried separating them but they both immediately run back to each other. The two of them are living in a 2x6 C&C enclosure and there is currently 4 hides in there so I don’t believe it is a lack of space or resources. There is two of everything in there. At first I assumed she was in heat but from what I’ve read online that shouldn’t last very long and this has been going on since Saturday. Other times they are happy and grazing on hay together with no issues or she has the zoomies doing popcorns around the cage. But the cries are heart breaking and they happen several times a day and I just want to make sure I am not stressing out either of them with this living situation. I included a video of the cry but I can add more. the cry is much louder and high pitched then the video makes it seem. I also included a picture of their enclosure. Any advice would help. Thank you! mov: IMG_9113.mov
I’m sorry for the long post but please please help if you can!
I’m fairly new to having piggies. I got my first two, a sibling pair (male, Zeus, and female, Hera) about a year ago. I got Zeus neutered and since then they have been great and I’ve had no issues with them.
About three months ago I rescued an older male, Ares, off Facebook he is about 3.5 years old and he had never been around any other guinea pigs. I got him neutered and I attempted to introduce him to my other two piggies but it didn’t go well. Zeus was not having it. So in the end I decided to just get Ares his own buddy. I found Athena on Facebook. She is just a few months old. I did all my research introducing them in a neutral location. Ares did some rumble strutting at first, but from their first introduction they have done amazingly well. Neither of them have shown what I believe to be aggressive signs. There have been no fights, no mounting, no bites, no blood. But the last few days I have been hearing this high pitched loud cry. Every time I rush in there to make sure everything is alright they are just laying beside each other. It happens several times randomly throughout the day. I’ve tried separating them but they both immediately run back to each other. The two of them are living in a 2x6 C&C enclosure and there is currently 4 hides in there so I don’t believe it is a lack of space or resources. There is two of everything in there. At first I assumed she was in heat but from what I’ve read online that shouldn’t last very long and this has been going on since Saturday. Other times they are happy and grazing on hay together with no issues or she has the zoomies doing popcorns around the cage. But the cries are heart breaking and they happen several times a day and I just want to make sure I am not stressing out either of them with this living situation. I included a video of the cry but I can add more. the cry is much louder and high pitched then the video makes it seem. I also included a picture of their enclosure. Any advice would help. Thank you! mov: IMG_9113.mov
