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New piggie2007-11-24 22:13:12

My guinea pig recently died, so we've bought a new baby abyssinian pig. he's a lot smaller than Ginger (the brother left behind.) we've had the baby for 3 days, and they're currently kept in two separate cages, but near each other. we introduced them (out of their cages) on the second day, and Ginger kept clambering over and squashing baby, as well as sniffing him, mainly sniffing his bum. he also did a lot of purring and kept following him around in circles. he wasn't aggressive. we did this for about 5 mins. we then tried later for about 30mins. the same happened, but then Ginger settled down and the baby kept trying to nuzzle in and cuddle (Ginger wasn't so sure and kept moving.) but every now and then Ginger would sniff my baby's bum and purr. (most times he sniffed baby's bum, baby pooped?) today (third day) we introduced them again and Ginger still followed, purred and sniffed my baby, then settled down, snifing baby and purring occasionally.

Is this normal?

Answers:

Well, you should have quaratines the new pig for 3 weeks to ensure there were no health issues, but it is too late now.

Quit seperating them. So far, you have described a mellow, wonderful introduction. If that's all the dominance that is being shown, you are lucky. You should only seperate if there is bloodshed. You are starting over from scratch every time you seperate and reintroduce them. It causes unnecessary stress for all of you. read http://www.cavyspirit.com/sociallife.htm... and follow the instructions.