Cheesybiscuit
New Born Pup
Hi -
I posted a thread last week about my two boars, who'd been fighting:
Not Sure If I Should Separate My Boars
Although nothing else happened between them, we have decided to separate them, as they kept looking like they'd fight again and one of the bites ended up infected, so, after a discussion with the guinea pig specialist at the vet, she said that as blood had been drawn if it was up to her she'd keep them apart. Sadly, this is what we've decided to do - but we can't risk any more blood shed!
However, this has left us with a bit of a problem regarding housing and how to keep them both together where they can see each other but not get at each other. ((One is currently in the outside cage, one in the indoor pen as needed antibiotics).
The outside cage we currently have can have a divider put into it, but it's not going to offer enough space as a long term solution as when it's in two it won't offer enough running room.
The guineas currently live outside and it's not really practical to put two cages near to each other where the cage currently is - they're near the house at the moment so we can keep an eye on them, but there's not space for another cage there. We could get another outside cage but they'd have to be moved far from the house for the two cages to be near to each other which I'm not comfortable with, plus it's nice to have them nearby to give cuddles etc.
The other option is bringing them inside but we don't have tons of space inside the house and I think they'd both now need quite a large cage near to each other to get both the space/stimulation they require. I wondered if anyone else had this problem and how they'd got around it? I'm sure there must be a solution, I'm just struggling to work out what it is, especially when they can't live one cage on top of another!
Thank you for you help
(I've had a look at the cages in the forum section and need to go back for a better look, but they seem to be for lots of guineas living together.)
I posted a thread last week about my two boars, who'd been fighting:
Not Sure If I Should Separate My Boars
Although nothing else happened between them, we have decided to separate them, as they kept looking like they'd fight again and one of the bites ended up infected, so, after a discussion with the guinea pig specialist at the vet, she said that as blood had been drawn if it was up to her she'd keep them apart. Sadly, this is what we've decided to do - but we can't risk any more blood shed!
However, this has left us with a bit of a problem regarding housing and how to keep them both together where they can see each other but not get at each other. ((One is currently in the outside cage, one in the indoor pen as needed antibiotics).
The outside cage we currently have can have a divider put into it, but it's not going to offer enough space as a long term solution as when it's in two it won't offer enough running room.
The guineas currently live outside and it's not really practical to put two cages near to each other where the cage currently is - they're near the house at the moment so we can keep an eye on them, but there's not space for another cage there. We could get another outside cage but they'd have to be moved far from the house for the two cages to be near to each other which I'm not comfortable with, plus it's nice to have them nearby to give cuddles etc.
The other option is bringing them inside but we don't have tons of space inside the house and I think they'd both now need quite a large cage near to each other to get both the space/stimulation they require. I wondered if anyone else had this problem and how they'd got around it? I'm sure there must be a solution, I'm just struggling to work out what it is, especially when they can't live one cage on top of another!
Thank you for you help
(I've had a look at the cages in the forum section and need to go back for a better look, but they seem to be for lots of guineas living together.)