Would Neutering Males Calm Things Down Abit?

Status
Not open for further replies.
MooMoo&Nibbles

MooMoo&Nibbles

Junior Guinea Pig
Joined
Jul 5, 2015
Messages
382
Reaction score
81
Points
250
Location
USA
I was wondering if i got my boys neutered if that would calm them down a bit with the dominant behavior

After they got rid of there wounds?
 
I'm afraid neutering will not alter their behaviour. How bad is their dominance behaviour?
 
Like @ayemee said it doesn't calm them down unfortunately.

He says they chatter teeth, stand on their back legs etc. Also one's got an abscess on his throat which COULD have come from fighting, but no one's sure. I think I got that all right lol. Funny thing is, one of them wants to cleans the other now and have both been getting upset because they've had to be split up. I'm sure Moo will give you more info.

I had to split two of our boars due to fighting.
 
They have infections and i put them in a tub about 30mins ago.
And they purred and nuzzled each other then moo bit nibbs throat removing hjs scab from his abcess and they were extremely teeth chattering and two seconts away from throwin blows.
How are neutriings done?
Thinking about after there healed doing that then getting them both females.
I have a cage divider.
Same cage 2x5. But it has coroplast snd grjds in middle. 2x2.5
Best i can do there vet bills just hit 300usd
 
When moo bit his scab off he tore it off and nibbs started yelling and screaming in pain as he jumped in the air. Then fight was on

They didnt get to fight but from there actions it was really bad and about to be death
 
I just got them a few months ago I'm over 1000usd in them total and might have to neuter them and get females.
Wich will go up another 200-350
 
I cant make it bigger. There s.o.l
I'm broke and in debt because of the bills and the cage i just bought them that was 300usd.
Bills 300usd.
Food and ect 100usd.
Within 1-2months
Unless some one sends and donates to me grids and coroplast


Not to mention 200-400spent on them arround when i first first got them




And i JUST spent 50usd on them last night
 
Then I wouldn't have them neutered.. they need space, guinea's aren't really cheap pets when it comes to vet fee's, as you've seen for yourself. I know you want what's best, but honestly, they would need more space.
 
Unless some one gives me money there not getting any more space for a few months. I still have a baby daughter and not much money.
I still owe a few hundred on vet bills

Screenshot_2015-08-14-06-26-06.webp

Screenshot_2015-08-14-06-26-03.webp

Screenshot_2015-08-14-06-26-00.webp
 
I understand that you are having financial struggles.
-neutering the piggy would not alter any dominance behaviours, so I wouldn't bother going down that route.
-could you not buy a cheap pen to somehow attach to the c&c to give some extra space?
 
I dont know what or how?
Herez what it would take to fix the cage.

And like i said i owe 200-300usd no money

Screenshot_2015-08-14-06-36-04.webp
 
What a pickle!
Neutering won't help, as others have said. I see your point about neutering and then getting sows for them, but that's just going to make your finances even tighter and will make the cage size issue worse. It's so hard to know what to do for the best so I do sympathise and it is good that you're trying to think of options and are putting your thoughts out on here for others to think about too.
May I ask if you need the pens to be covered? If not then perhaps you could use those grids to expand the cages? You may not have to buy extra Corroplast/Correx, a plastic sheet will do.
If you are able to have cages without covers I could perhaps suggest ways of expanding the cages for them without spending any more dollars :)
Vets bills are scary, I do feel for you. There are others here who have spent huge sums on vet bills and I think it can come as a shock!
 
I have a daughter that wont leave them alone and throws toys
Shes too little to understand.no.no.

Sorry.lol
 
Correx certainly isn't the only option. A guinea pig really only needs sides and a water-proof bottom.

Water-proof bottoms can be made from a plastic sheet, a PVC table-cloth, a shower curtain, a correx board....... or anything else waterproof that you have.
Sides can be made from the grids, or wood, correx.
I made a pen for mine out of correx that was too high for them to reach the top of (hence they couldn't chew it). I put the sides together with duck tape. I had a plastic sheet for the bottom and covered it with a fleece blanket. It was a play pen but it housed temporary residences happily for a week. It could have been permanent if I wanted, all it needed was a few towels for under the fleece to make their floor-space more absorbent.

Why not take a look at some of the cage galleries - people have improvised with all sorts, some expensive, others cheap-as-chips :)

The issue really is if you need to have covers on your cages, which I assume you will when your little lady grows old enough to be mobile, but for now it could be a help.
 
In the UK we have an organisation called FreeCycle, or Freegle in some locations. This is where we advertise our unwanted things for someone to take, at no cost to us or the recipient, and for us to look out for things we need going for free for us to collect. There's luck involved in finding what you want but it's always worth a look.
Is there something like that around your way?
Another option for you may be a large double-decker hutch with the floors separated, there's nothing to stop an outdoor hutch from being kept indoors, and second-hand hutches can often be obtained for much less money than it would take you to neuter your boars. Fix a lock and they become secure from flying toys :)
 
It's a shame they have the love-hate relationship. I do understand you wanting to get them sows, it would be nice, but I think you could be making a rod for your back by taking on more guinea pigs and even then they bicker, especially if space is tight.
 
My girlfriend and my grandmother. Was tslking about taking the bottom stand grids and connecctors off putting it on a table
(Wich i dont agree because my daughter shakes the cage)
And making a roof.
Because 2x8 is too long for our new house.
Ny grandma might be able to get more little sheets of cut coroplast from work for free agian.
But woukd still need 50 or so
 
And the pet shop i boight moo at he had the cyst or abcess on his ear shen i boight him and they make you so TN a contract understanding there pets are seen by a vet and nothing is wrong with them.
But they sold me noo with a cyst or absess.

So thats 200dollars because of them.
I didnt notice it shen i first fot them but the picture i first took does show it.
 
That could be a solution though. You say your daughter shakes the cage but may I ask why it would be worse if it was on a table? Sorry
 
MooMoo&Nibbles said:
And the pet shop i boight moo at he had the cyst or abcess on his ear shen i boight him and they make you so TN a contract understanding there pets are seen by a vet and nothing is wrong with them.
But they sold me noo with a cyst or absess.

So thats 200dollars because of them.
I didnt notice it shen i first fot them but the picture i first took does show it.
Click to expand...
Oooh that's naughty of them in my opinion...... I wouldn't trust a pet shop who makes you sign that kind of contract, but that's all in retrospect now.....
 
I dont know what table shes talking about and i doubt its long enough.
The legs are probaly weak and she could shake the cage and it could fall over.

Sorry my cell and typos
 
How big would the cage be on the table?
Can it become a double-decker cage?
 
Could you take off the grids underneath the cage and make those spare grids another cage, then you could put that cage on top of the other cage like @Critter says
 
I think its 80inch long the cage at the moment. And sorry whats a double decker?
 
OK. It all depends on the tables. Some tables are very sturdy and a tot would struggle to make them shake.
Others are wobbly. Don't get a wobbly one!

You mention being able to take the bottom grids off.
Would you then have enough to make a double-decker cage? One boar per floor?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top