new pals?

[montanamama]

so Kinney and the new guinea pig are in a neutral area right now. they have been together for about 45 minutes and no major conflicts. I'm thinking they need to stay in seperate cages though for one more day and go to the neutral area again tomorrow because they are still mounting each other and cant decide whos the dominant one. what do you all think? are they ready or should i wait a couple more days?

 

[Cavylover101]

Judging from what I've read I would wait another day or two, I would rather be safe than sorry! But It would be totally up to you seeing that I have never dealt with this issue personally though I've read a lot on the subject.

 

[spudnik]

they will have some rumblestrutting and trying to mount each other no matter what, my boys who have been together since birth do it, as long as they dont fight really bad that they draw blood, then you should be ok if they are on neutral ground and getting along relatively fine then id leave them because each time you seperate them your taking them apart and breaking any bond formed i should think?I'm not totally clued up on the matter, but if it were mine and they were getting on great then id let them just sort it out, just watch out for any real fighting, all the boys will rumble and mount

 

[Sian]

I agree with Spudnik, I think it's best to keep them together now rather then separate & put them together again tomorrow.When I was looking into getting a new pal for my boy, I was told you just have to go for it! They either get on or they don't it's no good tring to do it gradually!

Sterilize the cage with baby sterilizing solution if they are going in a cage that one of them already lives in. Also re-arrange any little huts in the cage so it looks different. Give two food bowls so they each have one to eat from.

Is their cage indoors? Obviously you will still need to monitor things just to make sure there are no major incidents which is easier if they are in an indoor cage.

Good Luck & I hope it continues to go well O0

 

[montanamama]

the boys have been sharing a home now for most of the day. the first few hours were hard, i think my main problem was that Kinney is an adolecent and Doby is an adult, so Kinney was trying to be the man. he was the trouble maker. but now there hasen't been any growling for sometime now and they seem to be happy in there together. my next challenge is making them a bigger home. the one that they are in now is a store-bought cage, and i would like to built them a two story c&c but I'm not exactly sure how. Ill be doing some research on that, and any advice would be greatly appreciated. thank you all for your advice.

 

[Sian]

Glad its been going well. O0 I didn't realize Kinney was an adolescent, that's a difficult age to introduce but glad it went well.

I would love to build a c&c cage. There are loads of people on here who have them so hopefully someone will soon advice you about that.