On Apr 2, 5:57=A0am, BradleyW...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Brad) wrote:
> There is also another say "two is company, three is a crowd". =A0I say
> that because I have 7 GP's and one of them has decided that 'Higgins' he
> will never get along with anybody. =A0A year and half ago, he started
this=
> behavior, chattering of teeth, etc. with two other males that housed
> with them at the time. =A0These guinea pigs 'Cinnamon and Cap' were
> brothers, and about a year and half younger. =A0The honeymoon of housing
> them together ended when they started fighting and biting each other and
> me. =A0I thought that I could get them back together too. =A0But it was
ha=
rd
> to admit to myself that this was not going to happen. =A0Now I got two
> more about a month ago, a brother and sister.Scooter and Skeeter, born
> last Christmas Eve. =A0I house them with the brothers now, and Skeeter,
> with their sister, Cimba, and another female GP, Peanut Butter. =A0Now I
> am starting to see some behavior with them with territorial, and food
> issues. =A0So now I am struggling in what I can do, if the problem gets
> worse. =A0I want to keep them together, cause I have a housing shortage
> also. =A0
>
> So Megan, I would keep them apart, and surcome to the realization that
> these guys want their own living space. =A0It really does not help
keeping=
> GP with age difference, together too long. =A0Sorry to say.
Thanx for the advice. The little one is 6 months old and I'm not sure
how old the other one is. I forgot to ask at the pet shop. It seems
I forgot to ask a lot of things before purchasing these two. Every
day I learn something new. I have kept them seperate since the last
attack and will do so as you say. It's too upsetting for me to see
the fighting. A funny thing, when I let them out for grazing (in
their own seperate section of grass) they come up to the caging and
sniff each other. Well they did that today anyway. There was no
chattering of the teeth either. I'm not going to be lulled into a
false sense of security though. They won't be put together any time
soon.
Hey, I had a kitten named Peanut...she was the cutest little
critter! :)
Megan
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