kmccoy05
New Born Pup
Hello all I apologize in advance for the long explanation,
I'll start out with a bit of intro. A couple years back my sister got a guinea pig. His name is Bleu. We went on vacation a while later, and boarded him at a rescue. We asked them to try him out with some other pigs to see if there were any he got along with, because we knew he needed a friend. The rescue told us how well Bleu was getting along with a pig named Larkin.
When we got back from vacation, we brought Bleu and Larkin home, and it was immediately clear that they did not get along. The rescue either was trying to clear out some space, or wasn't paying any attention at all to their interactions. When we got home, Bleu continuously mounted him (excessively), and bullied Larkin into a corner where he shook and would not do anything at all. After seeing this, we didn't leave them in there, we moved Larkin to his own cage. It took a while for Larkin to open up a little bit after this, but he is still extremely timid to this day.
So now onto my question, and my experience today. A couple months back we got another piggie (Grogu), but were unable to attempt bonding until just now due to an infection, and then ring worm that he picked up while in the store we got him from, because we saw his condition. We gave them plenty of space, and a big pile of hay in the middle in a location neither are familiar with. Being the older one, Larkin chased Grogu around and attempted to mount him. This went on for a while, and then Grogu mounted Larkin and Larkin just took it for a few seconds. After this, they both attempted to mount eachother, but would fight the other one off. There were never any serious bites, and we were standing by closely ready to break it up. We did end up seperating them after about an hour and a half since things started getting a bit more intense. I will attach some videos, and would like opinions on if it appears to be normal, or going too far? We really want Larkin to have a friend to bring him out of his shell, but we also don't want anyone getting hurt. I figured more experienced eyes would be able to tell me if this was going well or not, and what course of action to follow now. Thank you! (The creaking you hear in the video is me getting up to get ready with the towel) We also checked both for bites after and luckily we were all clear
Larkin is brown, Grogu is black
I'll start out with a bit of intro. A couple years back my sister got a guinea pig. His name is Bleu. We went on vacation a while later, and boarded him at a rescue. We asked them to try him out with some other pigs to see if there were any he got along with, because we knew he needed a friend. The rescue told us how well Bleu was getting along with a pig named Larkin.
When we got back from vacation, we brought Bleu and Larkin home, and it was immediately clear that they did not get along. The rescue either was trying to clear out some space, or wasn't paying any attention at all to their interactions. When we got home, Bleu continuously mounted him (excessively), and bullied Larkin into a corner where he shook and would not do anything at all. After seeing this, we didn't leave them in there, we moved Larkin to his own cage. It took a while for Larkin to open up a little bit after this, but he is still extremely timid to this day.
So now onto my question, and my experience today. A couple months back we got another piggie (Grogu), but were unable to attempt bonding until just now due to an infection, and then ring worm that he picked up while in the store we got him from, because we saw his condition. We gave them plenty of space, and a big pile of hay in the middle in a location neither are familiar with. Being the older one, Larkin chased Grogu around and attempted to mount him. This went on for a while, and then Grogu mounted Larkin and Larkin just took it for a few seconds. After this, they both attempted to mount eachother, but would fight the other one off. There were never any serious bites, and we were standing by closely ready to break it up. We did end up seperating them after about an hour and a half since things started getting a bit more intense. I will attach some videos, and would like opinions on if it appears to be normal, or going too far? We really want Larkin to have a friend to bring him out of his shell, but we also don't want anyone getting hurt. I figured more experienced eyes would be able to tell me if this was going well or not, and what course of action to follow now. Thank you! (The creaking you hear in the video is me getting up to get ready with the towel) We also checked both for bites after and luckily we were all clear
