Doeylicious
Adult Guinea Pig
After seeing the difference in Bumble when he was on his own last night, we made the difficult decision to separate the boys today.
We were still umming and ahhing until about 6pm, when I took Bumble out for ten mins for a cuddle and to check his cut/scabby thing, then put him back in with the intention of it being JoJo's turn for cuddles, and JoJo went nuts, chasing him trying to mount him, poor Bumble kept wheeking and running away, until in the end JoJo cornered him. Bumble went to run past him to get away and I saw JoJo actually go for his face, luckily he didn't make contact but sorry, enough is enough.
Bumble has now had a lovely peaceful dinner and is, for the first time, asleep in the sleepy section of the hutch, a place he has never been allowed in.
JoJo is in one of the hutches I usually use for boarders (glad we are quiet!) and after some initial running around and being a lunatic piggy, he too has eaten all his tea and gone to sleep.
There has been no wheeking or pining type behaviour so far.
We will be getting Bumble neutered ASAP and I am on the lookout for a Swiss or possibly rex or teddy female to pair him with, as these are the calmest breeds and it is apparent he needs an equally chilled out partner to avoid being bullied.
JoJo may well go back to his previous Mummy as I am not sure I am experienced enough to find the right partner for him, and she said she would always have him back.
Am feeling very mixed up emotionally but think we have done the right thing as it's the calmest its been outside for a good week. We are going away tomorrow and I was terrified I would have come back to a blood bath if I had left them together.
We were still umming and ahhing until about 6pm, when I took Bumble out for ten mins for a cuddle and to check his cut/scabby thing, then put him back in with the intention of it being JoJo's turn for cuddles, and JoJo went nuts, chasing him trying to mount him, poor Bumble kept wheeking and running away, until in the end JoJo cornered him. Bumble went to run past him to get away and I saw JoJo actually go for his face, luckily he didn't make contact but sorry, enough is enough.
Bumble has now had a lovely peaceful dinner and is, for the first time, asleep in the sleepy section of the hutch, a place he has never been allowed in.
JoJo is in one of the hutches I usually use for boarders (glad we are quiet!) and after some initial running around and being a lunatic piggy, he too has eaten all his tea and gone to sleep.
There has been no wheeking or pining type behaviour so far.
We will be getting Bumble neutered ASAP and I am on the lookout for a Swiss or possibly rex or teddy female to pair him with, as these are the calmest breeds and it is apparent he needs an equally chilled out partner to avoid being bullied.
JoJo may well go back to his previous Mummy as I am not sure I am experienced enough to find the right partner for him, and she said she would always have him back.
Am feeling very mixed up emotionally but think we have done the right thing as it's the calmest its been outside for a good week. We are going away tomorrow and I was terrified I would have come back to a blood bath if I had left them together.
