Baby Guinea pigs and grumpy foster mum...Help!

[iwillmakeit]

I treated my monster sixed Gpig to 2 little sisters as her sister was killed by a dog (You may remember) As its so cold and they r so tiny I have brought them an indoor cage. We've had them about 10days. I put them out with Fluffy our monster sized Gpig supervised last week but only for about 30mins as they are so skitty. Tonight I have put them all in new cage as neutral. But I think shes just terrorising them! Whats normal in this situation? At the moment the babies are running around squeaking as Fluffy chases them! They have a shoe box with a tiny hole to hide in but she burst in and threw them out! And theres nowhere to hide. Do I let them work it out or just a little each day or never again?
Please advise....!

I would give them time - supervised! I have recently done very similar - introduced two babies to a bereaved pig. There has been a lot of rumblestrutting and chasing but no actual fighting and they seem happy together. Apparently this sort of behaviour is normal while they work out who is Boss Pig.

Watch out for real aggression though! Good luck!

Thank you, can't quite believe I am finding this so stressful. Shall I put monster Fluffy back in her own bed tonight and try again tomorrow when home from work? She seems to have separated the babies and isn't letting them back together so lots of calling and crying at the moment.

Hmmmm... I think I would because you can't watch them all night. Hopefully someone more experienced will be along soon. I have only done it once.

Just a thought though - have you tried having them all on neutral territory just while they get used to each other? That way foster mum might not feel so 'invaded'.

Definitely neutral territory needed, plenty of space and no igloos or places they can be cornered , shoeboxes with sides cut out etc. I have integrated young and old sows and it can be a lengthy process!! Distract then with lots of grass dandelions etc when they get arsey so they can sit companionably together.

sows aren't neccessarily the fairer sex are they

Thank you all. Fluffy has been sent off to bed outside, babies are in. The indoor cage will have to be theirs for now and I will get her in to join them early evenings. I will make it more open so she cant corner them. But on a good point I left them while we had tea and everyone was sitting happily having a nibble when I popped in and out. Infact she had made herself very comfy and didn't want to go out to bed!
I will carry on slowly with them.

I have just done this. Mumma pig chased and nipped for the first couple of day, but now they're all fine. In fact the more dominant of the babies is chasing mumma pig now, at least she's getting some exercise