Showing dominance

[libbycaterx]

Hi i have 4 guinea pigs, i have two girls and two neutered boys together. I know that this is uncommon pairing to work but i have had them as two sets of pairs in the same room next to eachother for a year and recently put them all in the cage together. They have been getting along great as i had put them together quite a few times each week before putting them together permanently. Although the past couple of days or so, i have noticed one of the girls being left out (she has a shy nature so it wasnt concerning to me at first) but one of the boys is constantly mounting her and trying to hump her and then the other boy mounting him I dont know what to take from this whether its judt him making his territory and showing dominance or whether she isnt well and he is picking on her. Thank you for helping

 

[My Piggies]

Hi mounting is normal dominance behaviour. However, housing two boars (neutering does not alter their personalities or behaviour) with any number of girls is bound to end in failure and aggression unfortunately. Only one neutered boar should be housed with any number of boars.
Seperating them into two pairs may be the only solution.
I hope everything works out for you and your piggies, more experienced members will be along shortly.

 

[Piggies&buns]

Putting them together for a few times each week is not how piggies bond. Repeated introduction and separation interrupts all bonding process each and every time so they wouldn’t have started to bond until they moved in together permanently. After that it takes a few weeks before the process is finalised.

However, this grouping is not likely to work out at all and leaving them together is most likely going to result in the boys fighting each other sooner or later, plus it could result in a lot of stress for the girls - when they go into season each one is going to be harassed by two boars at the same time.
If fights occur, then they will not be able to go back into pairs either so you could end up with several single piggies.

I would highly recommend you separate them back into pairs - one boar and one sow together - before problems occur.

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