my two female piggies have been seperated for a few days, as i am waiting for lisa's absess site to heal propperly, i have introduced the two of them over the past few days, first time for 5 minutes where they were cute together then they began to squabble. then the day after i had lisa on me and maggie.lisa kept going for maggies face. today i let them both be together, lisa kept going for maggie made maggie fall out of cage (really small drop) and then carried on chasing after her. is this going to change or do i need to keep them seperate. i have a boar who i will get neutered once he is 6 months i was hoping to put him with the both of them, though now thinking i might put him with maggie and have lisa as a lone piggy. i was thinking of getting another boy for lisa but worried that she may bully him. need some advice thanks.
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As long as there is no blood shed, I wouldn't worry. Your 2 females are just trying to sort out who's boss, and there has to be one in the guinea pig world, so let them squabble. Make sure there are 2 hides, one for each piggie to hide from the other if need be.
Like I said as long as they don't take chunks out of each other, there's nothing to worry about.
Like I said as long as they don't take chunks out of each other, there's nothing to worry about.
Separations due to illness can lead to the medicated guinea pig losing its group smell and therefore not being seen as "one of us" anymore (even if "us" is down to "me"!)
You can try to give both girls a bath before reintroducing them on neutral ground, but brace yourself that it may not work - guinea pigs do not change their minds easily once they have made them up!
I have tried to collect tips for reintroductions in this thread:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38562
If it doesn't work out, I would recommend that you look out for a neutered boar that you can introduce Lisa to on neutral ground at a rescue before adoption. You will see usually fairly quickly whether she'll accept a boar or not.
Best of luck! I sincerely hope that they can get back together.
You can try to give both girls a bath before reintroducing them on neutral ground, but brace yourself that it may not work - guinea pigs do not change their minds easily once they have made them up!
I have tried to collect tips for reintroductions in this thread:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38562
If it doesn't work out, I would recommend that you look out for a neutered boar that you can introduce Lisa to on neutral ground at a rescue before adoption. You will see usually fairly quickly whether she'll accept a boar or not.
Best of luck! I sincerely hope that they can get back together.
i hope so, i will keep trying, i will bath them once lisa is better. i do hope they get on, i am buying them a bigger cage so this should help, maggie is really missing haveing a friend
Do the introductions before you move them to a bigger cage, so they have to start completely afresh and on the same level pegging.
Brace yourself to have to go through the whole dominance thing again.
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38561
Brace yourself to have to go through the whole dominance thing again.
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38561
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