Ok so I already had one male guinea pig, and I recently got another from a friend that didnt want him anymore. But the new one keeps trying to do the other one. There both males and idk what to do here. Oh and they ARE in seperate cages by the way ... any help? Gay pigs? lol
It's called dominance!
Why do you have them in separate cages?
Guinea pigs should always be kept in pairs or groups (same sex or altered) indoors, in a cage with at least 7.5sq ft (10sq ft for males) on one level and daily floor time/handling, to be happy and healthy.
http://www.cavyspirit.com/sociallife.htm They should have unlimited access to fresh water (no Vit C drops) and grass hay available at all times, 1/8-1/4 cup of plain guinea pig pellets (no coloured bits, nuts, seeds, or dried veggies) and 1 cup of fresh veggies per pig daily.
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Guinea Pigs mounting one another is normal, and it's a dominance thing, not sexual.
Have a read through this for proper Piggy introduction methods:
http://www.cavyspirit.com/sociallife.htm "Introductions" is located about 1/2 way down the page, but have a read through the rest of it. It's a great site and chock-full of useful info.
Good luck.
Are you trying to introduce them to live together? If so leave them at it, its an act for dominance, if they're not fighting or showing signs of bad aggression, they will be okay as long as you let them sort out the dominance hierarchy.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com Heres a website that may help about agression signs and introductions etc ...:
http://www.cavyspirit.com/sociallife.htm Go down about a quarter of the way to the part named "Adding a 2nd guinea pig" Then down a bit more to "Introductions"
I hope I helped. (:
Lol if they're anything like dogs it's probably a control thing. I had an older dog (male), and when my neighbor got a younger dog (also male), the younger one would try to get on top of the older one. We looked it up and somehow found out that it's not about mating, just control and dominance. Not really sure about guinea pigs, but it sounds very similar to me.
This is not a sexual sign. It means the younger guinea pig is expressing he is the dominant one. This is perfectly normal behaviour and nothing to worry about. One guinea pig always has to be the dominant one. If they are getting on well then why not house them together?
My two used to do that - the elder used to sort the younger out with a sharp nip. The younger one just had a lot to ... get out of his system ... He stopped as soon as he was neutered. If the younger hasn't been neutred, he's probably just ... male ...
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I doubt they're gay:) Do you get gay guinea pigs?
It's probably a sexual maturation thing. However, that in case you ever heard that homosexuality doesn't exist in animals, you have proof stating otherwise.
A "dominance thing" through a sexual act, is a sexual thing!!!!
