Hi,
It is with sadness that I write this post.
One of our four Guinea pigs, Hugo, has started to bully his cagemate, George.
Hugo came to us along with his two brothers, Ernie and Alfie in October 2011. They were born on August 21st. We were told that it was fine to have three male Guinea pigs together.
Unfortunately, this was not the case and Hugo and Alfie both turned out to be dominant cavies and started scrapping.
We separated Hugo and searched for a friend for him. That's when we found George, in November. They got along so well at first.
Sadly, they've started to fight and we've had to separate them. George is not in a good shape and has sores on his nose and won't eat. We're off to the vet this afternoon to hopefully get him better.
We called Wood Green about rehoming Hugo and we were advised that the waiting list is about a month long. They also mentioned that Guinea pigs hit adolescence around 9 months, so this could be contributing. I don't want to risk George's life any more though.
At this time, we've had to place Hugo in a carry case (George has the C&C cage). But poor Hugo can't stay in there for a month!
We can't afford to buy another cage and we don't want to partition off the C&C cage, because that's compromising George's space - and he's not healthy as it is at the moment.
Hugo is a very timid Guinea pig - he will only come to you for food and hates being picked up (although he's never bitten us or anything). He's short-haired, stripey and ginger with red-eyes. I'm hoping to load a picture with this message.
Please contact my partner, Ben, if you are interested in rehoming Hugo, on [email protected] or message me here.
We're happy to provide further details if needed too.
We live near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Many thanks for any response,
Louise
It is with sadness that I write this post.
One of our four Guinea pigs, Hugo, has started to bully his cagemate, George.
Hugo came to us along with his two brothers, Ernie and Alfie in October 2011. They were born on August 21st. We were told that it was fine to have three male Guinea pigs together.
Unfortunately, this was not the case and Hugo and Alfie both turned out to be dominant cavies and started scrapping.
We separated Hugo and searched for a friend for him. That's when we found George, in November. They got along so well at first.
Sadly, they've started to fight and we've had to separate them. George is not in a good shape and has sores on his nose and won't eat. We're off to the vet this afternoon to hopefully get him better.
We called Wood Green about rehoming Hugo and we were advised that the waiting list is about a month long. They also mentioned that Guinea pigs hit adolescence around 9 months, so this could be contributing. I don't want to risk George's life any more though.
At this time, we've had to place Hugo in a carry case (George has the C&C cage). But poor Hugo can't stay in there for a month!
We can't afford to buy another cage and we don't want to partition off the C&C cage, because that's compromising George's space - and he's not healthy as it is at the moment.
Hugo is a very timid Guinea pig - he will only come to you for food and hates being picked up (although he's never bitten us or anything). He's short-haired, stripey and ginger with red-eyes. I'm hoping to load a picture with this message.
Please contact my partner, Ben, if you are interested in rehoming Hugo, on [email protected] or message me here.
We're happy to provide further details if needed too.
We live near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Many thanks for any response,
Louise