my girlies are fighting

[piggiemum]

Hi there,
My girlies are now 5.5 weeks and are starting to fight more and more. Is this just that they are finding out their position in the pack? Ruby tends to keep herself to herself a bit more (she is very relaxed and laid back) but Thelma (shes a nibbler) and Louise (quite shy) fight quite a lot.

any advice would be gratefully recieved.

thanks

 

[Hanwombat]

I don't really have much experience with sows and I doubt its dominance fighting at 5.5 weeks. What behaviour are they showing?

 

[piggiemum]

I don't really have much experience with sows and I doubt its dominance fighting at 5.5 weeks. What behaviour are they showing?

They are pretty good normally and they snuggle up together at night time, it's normally when we get them all out for cuddles and when we put them back to bed. think we are going to get them out one at a time for cuddles.

also Thelma is really biting me... she doesn't seem to bite anyone else and it's me who feeds them, does anyone know why she only bites me?

 

[twiams]

http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38561

that link may be helpful, and although this is for boars it's a good just general overview of behaviour.

http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949

How do you hold your piggies ? with my Chester i can hold him anyway i like, i could probably hold him upside down and he wouldn't care ! But Bentley is more fussy and will bite if I'm not holding him a certain way, even though I'm not hurting him !

 

[piggiemum]

How do you hold your piggies ? wi...em on my lap... she bites any way i hold her!

 

[Shellza]

What behaviours are they showing? It it just chasing and humping, or is it lunging for each other. It could be that they are in season and nothing to worry about. I wouldn't worry too much as long as they're not drawing blood. Just keep an eye them.

 

[Abigail86]

are they sexed correctly?

my boys are father and son , ginger has always bitten me since he was born but he got on with his dad ok for the last year now they are fighting... dont stick your hand in if the fight badly i did just that and now have an infected finger an had a tetnus jab. know boys are seperated and behave better even tho ginger still bites me and when i say bite i mean he had a real death grip on me i had to try and relax my hand and stop moving to get him to let go, blood was every were and 4 and a half days later my finger is hurting like hell, though healing well.