MommaPiggy
Adult Guinea Pig
I'm finding it very hard at the moment. I split up my boys, due to a massive fight, as some of you know and I decided to keep them split up. they live side-by-side in 2 2x3 C&C cages and it seemed alright at first, they were sad but I thought they'd get over it...
But they've gotten worse.
They're not eating like they used to, neither of them will take veggies from me anymore, they both just sit in the top corner of the cage, next to each other...They barely move, they don't make noises...Except for the constant chewing on the bars, they just sit there...
They're so miserable and so lonely...And it's breaking my heart. I thought they could live together like this happily but it looks like I was wrong.
I just do not know what to do anymore.
I'm only allowed the two...So partners for them both is a no-no...All they have is each other, unless I make the decision to give one up to another home and pair up the remaining one but I love both my boys...Choosing between them just isn't an option and I don't think I'm strong enough to make a choice like that and I don't think it's fair to be expected to, either.
What should I do? Should I leave them and hope they adjust over more time? Or do I take a chance and try to reintroduce them?
Is it fair to leave them like this? Am I being way too overprotective?
They just seem like shells of their former selves...That happy, crazy...Energetic spark is gone and they both seem to be slowly giving up.
But they've gotten worse.
They're not eating like they used to, neither of them will take veggies from me anymore, they both just sit in the top corner of the cage, next to each other...They barely move, they don't make noises...Except for the constant chewing on the bars, they just sit there...
They're so miserable and so lonely...And it's breaking my heart. I thought they could live together like this happily but it looks like I was wrong.
I just do not know what to do anymore.
I'm only allowed the two...So partners for them both is a no-no...All they have is each other, unless I make the decision to give one up to another home and pair up the remaining one but I love both my boys...Choosing between them just isn't an option and I don't think I'm strong enough to make a choice like that and I don't think it's fair to be expected to, either.
What should I do? Should I leave them and hope they adjust over more time? Or do I take a chance and try to reintroduce them?
Is it fair to leave them like this? Am I being way too overprotective?
They just seem like shells of their former selves...That happy, crazy...Energetic spark is gone and they both seem to be slowly giving up.