We have three male Guinea Pigs. We had a Rabbit and a Guinea pig first and unfortunately our Rabbit passed away about 6 months ago. Our remaining Guinea pig was obviously lonely so we got a pair of baby brothers to keep him company.
I have never seen him so happy. He was jumping in the air and clearly thrilled to have company of his own species. However over the last few weeks the brothers have been fighting. Nipping each other on the backside, one has been hurt so bad that he had scabs forming down his back. So obviously we separated them as soon as we spotted how bad it had become.
They live outside in a massive run which we have now split in two with seperate hutches. We have left the least aggressive pig in with our original pig as they do not fight. The other pig is now on his own but has a long length of dividing netting through which he can interact with the other two. However he is not happy and is desperately trying to get through the net to the other pigs. :(
Any advice on how to keep them all happy? Can I somehow find another pig to keep the solitary one happy? Do you think I could ever reunite them all?
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Fighting Guinea pigs - advice needed
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lavenderbongo · 01/07/2016 20:36
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