Momofmany22
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi everyone I’m new here! I hope I’m doing this correct. 
Well I have Two bonded little ladies who are about 1.5 years old. Who have been together since they were babies. I acquired Clover first and she was only alone for a week and then I acquired Loofah. After quarantine for the both, the intro for them went well and moving them to the cage was a very long I felt like 2 week “who is the boss” game mount and strutting and submissive squeals. Clover seemed to be the dominant pig and The roles went back and forth it seemed over the months and these days Loofah seemed like the dominant pig. So I decided I wanted to add to the herd, and along came Calvin a skinny pig he was quarantined and neutered and after recovering from his neuter (over 6 weeks) I attempted to do an intro with the 3 of them. The normal behavior occurred he was strutting mildly mounting the girls and chasing them and they would spray him and chatter mildly and move away and he got the hint and would eat for a few seconds and start attempting to mount again and strutted around . After about 45 minutes Calvin seemed to become frustrated and had started lunging and chattering more severe specifically toward Clover. Clover had began puffing up, squealing and hissing at this point and well. I let them try to work it out for a little longer, then they both began posturing and Calvin was lunging more aggressively at Clover, I separated them with a towel and put a barrier between the the girls and him and let them settle down. But there was still some annoyed squealing from Clover. I decided to just put them back in their separate cages and try again the next day. Next day comes I gave them a buddy bath and that went well. I placed them in a large clean intro area again and everyone was eating and peaceful. Calvin made some attempts to mount but got the hint when the girls said quit. They did well for 60 minutes and I felt comfortable enough to put them in their newly cleaned cage. When I put them in their cage. Clove became defensive after a few minutes and would hiss and lunge at Calvin chattering and Calvin would popcorn off and check on Clover again with the same result. There was some yawning from Calvin as he watched Clover from across the cage. Loofah has seemed to be a fly in the wall during all this a just gave off some annoyed squeals when Calvin came close. I watched for 20 minutes and they had settled down and were eating. I then ran and took a shower and came back still wet to check on them and Calvin had been attacked pretty good. Two wounds on his face three on this body and scratches in his belly. 
I separated them immediately and tended to Calvin’s wounds nothing needing medical care. Clover seemed just annoyed by his exsistance when I returned to pig area to put him in his cage and was even a little grumpy with Loofah. It has been 2 weeks now since intro and Calvin has healed nicely. I have a C&C a 2 by 4 with a 2 by 2 loft. I don’t know if I can ever re intro them again in the future and am actually scared to do so but if there is hope? I don’t want him to be alone and am not opposed to getting him a friend if need be. I just need help with which route to take, if I wait longer for Calvin’s hormones to settle? If something maybe going on with Clover medically? I am shocked she attacked or if having two separate cages with two pigs each so Calvin isn’t alone? Or rig the cage so they can all interact. I’m not sure if I can expand cage too much bigger as it fits just snug in the area I have. But any suggestions I am open too. My heart hurts that this bonding went bad and I know I made a few mistakes. If there is further info that I can provide that will help let me know. Thanks in advance!
Well I have Two bonded little ladies who are about 1.5 years old. Who have been together since they were babies. I acquired Clover first and she was only alone for a week and then I acquired Loofah. After quarantine for the both, the intro for them went well and moving them to the cage was a very long I felt like 2 week “who is the boss” game mount and strutting and submissive squeals. Clover seemed to be the dominant pig and The roles went back and forth it seemed over the months and these days Loofah seemed like the dominant pig. So I decided I wanted to add to the herd, and along came Calvin a skinny pig he was quarantined and neutered and after recovering from his neuter (over 6 weeks) I attempted to do an intro with the 3 of them. The normal behavior occurred he was strutting mildly mounting the girls and chasing them and they would spray him and chatter mildly and move away and he got the hint and would eat for a few seconds and start attempting to mount again and strutted around . After about 45 minutes Calvin seemed to become frustrated and had started lunging and chattering more severe specifically toward Clover. Clover had began puffing up, squealing and hissing at this point and well. I let them try to work it out for a little longer, then they both began posturing and Calvin was lunging more aggressively at Clover, I separated them with a towel and put a barrier between the the girls and him and let them settle down. But there was still some annoyed squealing from Clover. I decided to just put them back in their separate cages and try again the next day. Next day comes I gave them a buddy bath and that went well. I placed them in a large clean intro area again and everyone was eating and peaceful. Calvin made some attempts to mount but got the hint when the girls said quit. They did well for 60 minutes and I felt comfortable enough to put them in their newly cleaned cage. When I put them in their cage. Clove became defensive after a few minutes and would hiss and lunge at Calvin chattering and Calvin would popcorn off and check on Clover again with the same result. There was some yawning from Calvin as he watched Clover from across the cage. Loofah has seemed to be a fly in the wall during all this a just gave off some annoyed squeals when Calvin came close. I watched for 20 minutes and they had settled down and were eating. I then ran and took a shower and came back still wet to check on them and Calvin had been attacked pretty good. Two wounds on his face three on this body and scratches in his belly. I separated them immediately and tended to Calvin’s wounds nothing needing medical care. Clover seemed just annoyed by his exsistance when I returned to pig area to put him in his cage and was even a little grumpy with Loofah. It has been 2 weeks now since intro and Calvin has healed nicely. I have a C&C a 2 by 4 with a 2 by 2 loft. I don’t know if I can ever re intro them again in the future and am actually scared to do so but if there is hope? I don’t want him to be alone and am not opposed to getting him a friend if need be. I just need help with which route to take, if I wait longer for Calvin’s hormones to settle? If something maybe going on with Clover medically? I am shocked she attacked or if having two separate cages with two pigs each so Calvin isn’t alone? Or rig the cage so they can all interact. I’m not sure if I can expand cage too much bigger as it fits just snug in the area I have. But any suggestions I am open too. My heart hurts that this bonding went bad and I know I made a few mistakes. If there is further info that I can provide that will help let me know. Thanks in advance!
