Dominance Issue?

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Okay, so yesterday I got to guinea pigs that were from the same place. They were from the same cage. The first couple of hours home they seemed thankful to have each other, but today they started acting different. They started slighly nipping each other (NOT to the point where it draws blood) and sort of sneaking up on each other. Its mostly Moonbeam, the smaller guinea pig, who is nipping. Should I do anything? Is this bad?:ple:
 
You dident say if they were boars or sows?

Mabe it is so much bad as possibaly a relief to find them selves settled , a new home
and free to start the prosses of asserting seneority!
 
They might well have been glad of each others company during the stressful period of moving to a new home, and now they have had a day to settle are beginning to sort out their hierarchy! Don't worry, it's totally normal!
Whether boars or sows, all guineas have a herd mentality - someone needs to be in charge, and the behaviour you describe suggests to me that this is what is happening with your piggies.
Other dominance behaviours might include humping, chin-raising, rumble-strutting and waggle-dancing! It is usually best to let the pigs sort out their dominance issues by themselves, so try not to interrupt them. You do need to keep a close eye on them, though. If you see them standing and facing off against each other, yawning at each other a lot or showing their teeth then you need to separate them quickly as a fight is imminent. If a fight breaks out before you can get to them, throw a towel over them and use oven gloves to separate so you get to keep your fingers!
Once they've settled on who is boss you may still see minor dominance behaviour as the boss-pig reinforces who is in charge :)

Hope that helped a bit!
 
You dident say if they were boars or sows?

Mabe it is so much bad as possibaly a relief to find them selves settled , a new home
and free to start the prosses of asserting seneority!

They might well have been glad of each others company during the stressful period of moving to a new home, and now they have had a day to settle are beginning to sort out their hierarchy! Don't worry, it's totally normal!
Whether boars or sows, all guineas have a herd mentality - someone needs to be in charge, and the behaviour you describe suggests to me that this is what is happening with your piggies.
Other dominance behaviours might include humping, chin-raising, rumble-strutting and waggle-dancing! It is usually best to let the pigs sort out their dominance issues by themselves, so try not to interrupt them. You do need to keep a close eye on them, though. If you see them standing and facing off against each other, yawning at each other a lot or showing their teeth then you need to separate them quickly as a fight is imminent. If a fight breaks out before you can get to them, throw a towel over them and use oven gloves to separate so you get to keep your fingers!
Once they've settled on who is boss you may still see minor dominance behaviour as the boss-pig reinforces who is in charge :)

Hope that helped a bit!
Thank you! They are boars. They seem to be sorting it out but are still a little nippy at some points. I will keep a close eye on them:D
 
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