Haleyo
Junior Guinea Pig
I have 3 guinea pigs 2 sisters(Darla, and Cass) 1 other girl(Ginger). They have for 2 years all bonded really well until about 2 weeks. One of the sisters has always kind of been the dominant pig, but there’s never been big dominance fighting. About 2 weeks ago Ginger started what seemed to be dominance fighting with Cass, only Cass hasn’t been fighting back. Cass squeals in submission. And Gingers fighting has moved to chasing out of beds(we have beds with 2 openings) and chasing away from hay and water(we have double hay and water spots spread apart). There has been runplestrutting and teeth chattering from Ginger. They all each veggies together fine at those feeding times. Cass still eats hay/drinks water but if Ginger is out she may chase her away. Has this shifted to bullying? It’s been 2 weeks now. Do you think Ginger could have some health problems? Or Cass? No one seems to have lost appetites or energy, no limping, no blood seen. It just seems a little more aggressive than dominance fighting to me. Ginger is an Abyssinian and I know they’re known to be spunky but I’m unsure if it’s just personality because this is out of her norm. Any ideas as to what this could be or any suggestions for me to try to help them. We haven’t separated them because we’re nervous about rebonding and there hasn’t been any blood shed. It’s like Ginger will chase Cass out of a bed and stay there, not long chases. And Ginger has tried to chase Darla but Darla stands up for herself, and Ginger hasn’t done it as much to Darla.
