my piggies!

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QUESTION: yes i have to guinea piggies and i have 2 important questions. well bassicly the older one i got named timmy stoped growing (hes at the age) when the other guinea piggy tony is still growing! he will outgrow timmy and tells timmy that if he dosent become dominent he will kick his *** so any tips? and also i need to know what litter to use for my piggies!

ANSWER: Hi Mike

Piggies come in many different shapes and sizes so its perfectly normal that Timmy is a different size to Tony.

How did Tony communicate this to Timmy? It is also normal for one of the two pigs to be the dominant one.

The best bedding to use is a mixture of hay (to eat also) and shredded paper.

Andy

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QUESTION: ok yea but they are always growling and being mean to eachother and i dont like it. ithink timmy deserves to be dominent but ok. when i said litter i meant for their litterbox.
ANSWER: Hi Mike

Ok, I understand now. I dont use a litterbox, thats what confused me. However, hay and paper is still best. Please dont use cat litter or anything like that as if eaten it can harm a pig.

When you say they are being mean to each other, are they actually fighting/hurting each other? If so, you may have little alternative than to keep them separate.

Please tell me how long the behaviour has been going on, how long since you got Tony and what in particular they are doing to each other. That will give me a better idea on how to advise you.

Andy

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QUESTION: well this morning when i got up and took my piggy down (the good one who dosent like fighting the one who stopped growing named timmy) had some weird stuff on his nose. now yesterday i heard some mass fighting and scurying and i think that what was one my little timmys nose was blood! it was oringish redish and a couple of days ago tony peed on timmy! peed on him! this bad piggy tony is evil. and after they where fighting timmy was making chipmunk noises!!!!!!!!! i mean wtf is that?! please help my piggies. oh and the way they fight is well i cant say it here but bang banging eachother in the face but only tony does that. should i seperate them?

Answer
Hi Mike

Yes, you should definately separate them. Sometimes two males just dont get along even if one pig appears to accept the other is the dominant one. Now its at the stage where blood is being drawn there is no option but to keep the separate. Believe me, I have been through the process many times.

Andy