my guinea pig is beating my other pig up !!!

[caron musson]

I got two lovely guinea pigs that got along great, then I seprated them to get one pregnant. When I put them back together the one who is hopefully pregnant keeps 'war dancing' to the other and biting her rump. She chatters at her and my other guinea runs away. Please help me how to solve this problem, They were best of buddies before do you know will they ever get along again ? shall I just leave them to fight it out ? ( I tried this but she keeps getting her all the time ) thanx

[andy-hughes]

Your pregnant guineapig is asserting her territory.

She will not want another female around when she gives birth - the other female will feasibly eat the young if she can get to them.

In the wild, your pregnant guinea pig would drive the other female away and ensure the safety of her young. If you enforce cohabiting, then stress will occur, and the mother may even eat her own young after birth.

Separate them now, try reintroducing them when the mother has birthed and the young are weaned and re-homed.

[caron musson]

aww thankyou it makes sense , we have seperated them cos poor pepper was getting beaten up and she was being sub missive to salt but salt kept getting her so they are seperated .
Thanks for your reply its really helpful .
caron

[andy-hughes]

You are welcome.

As I said, in the wild, your pregnant guineapig would chase any other females away from her birthing area, but if they are confined, as in a domestic situation, they continue to fight, with the fights getting progrssively more vicious, so it's as well you have parted them.

Make sure your mum-to-be gets plenty of peace and quiet so she can settle down and birth her babies.If she continues to be unselttled, she may kill them at birth, so be prepared.

It's nature's way, cruel though it is.

[caron musson]

thank you for that hopefully she will be alright cos she came from the boar and tried to go back to pepper but salt ( pregnant ) wouldnt have it so we seperated them right away, so hopefully she will be ok she is getting a lot of peace and quite as my daughter has her cage in her bedroom now m so she is being well looked after !
thankyou again caron