Girls in season

[JoHamer]

Hi just wondered if female guinea pigs change their behaviour when they are in season? Our have been acting a little strange, being extra bossy with each other but nothing alarming
thanks
Jo

 

[Shellza]

Yes they do. There will probably be some dominance behaviour and humping, but nothing too serious. It should settle back down in a day or 2.

 

[paulag]

I used to have a C&C setup with a rather timid neutered boar Charm, and two girls Smudge and Angel. Angel had been introduced to the original pair quite late after she lost her friend. It took a while to do the introductions, but generally the two girls rubbed along fine until they came not season. Then it would be chaos for 24hours while the rumble strutted, tried to mount each other and Angel screamed like she was beng tortured if Smudge managed to corner her. Charm just kept out of it hiding in his box - so much for a boar keeping his hareem in check |).

They never injured each other or got as far as the fur pulling and teeth chattering standoffs that I get with Guiness and Prissie (who don't share a hutch because of this). But I used to end up dividing the cage for a day sometimes so everyone could get some peace and I could make phone calls without explaining that no, that was not the sound of someone torturing a small animal in the background, simply Angel expressing her feelings about Smudge being between her and the food.

Then they'd be absolutely fine for several weeks. It also stopped when they got older and I guess stopped coming into season.