Hello to all
Hope everyone is enjoying a great sunday.
I'm Rachel, married with 2 children.We have 4 pets which include a gerbil,a chinchilla and 2 guinea pigs and that's where the probem lies!
Bought a smooth haired 9 wk old female agouti last week and she seemed lonely so yesterday afternoon we bought a female smooth haired english(common cinnamon type) but from a different pet shop. Both aren't related etc. The 2nd guinea pig is about the same age the pet shop owner said but she is a little bit bigger.
Came home and put them in a neutral place with food and water. They frze for a while but then the new one came and got food and then the other did, they sniffed each other's bottoms and then both made the cooing noises but then the new one started getting naughty-she would push the other one outa the food bowl so we put 2 in, she took 1 of the two apples and would eat it and then if the first one came she would move her and get aggressive. She pushes her outa the way and makes her do the shrieking sound but then it stops and they do the cooing again but it all starts again-2nd one seems to pick on her and does it inside the covered hut we have too.
She is doing it again right now.
We had to split the cage in two last night so they wouldn't fight.
Any advice would help-will they always be like this or is it normal because Pets at home said introduce them first not in the cage and they are suposed to be friendly and sociable creatures! The other pet shop said the said.
Now what do I do!!???
Help!
ps not sure if this is where it should have gone.

Hi and welcome

wow not too sure what to say but i would say its better to not introduce any animal with food in the room as most animals do need to astablish a pecking order like who is the boss etc ... and you will find they might agrue over the food regardless if there are two bowls or one, as the one you already have will want to show that he/she is the boss and will hog anything of interest. Are they male and female or same sex ? i have heard that gender can be a problem too

good luck and i hope it sorts itself out

they are females and its the new one that is causing all the problems-we introduced them just on their own before we gave them food-i did wot the pet shops and books told me to do but the newbie is bigger and maybe a week or so older and she is the problem one!
My husband has just split the cage in two now-they can still say hi to each other we just have a divider up inbetween them-both got their own stuff aswell.

ok hopefully that will do the trick sorry cud not help i do not know much about them

Hi Rachel and welcome to the forums, i'm sure you will pick up some helpful suggestions and advice from the relevant sections-good luck, have fun and enjoy

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