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behavior promlems

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Question
my guineapig is pregnent and i have 2 hatches so i put her in there but she got loney so her other 2 friends were in the other hutch so i put 1 of then in the cage but now the 1 that is prenent wants to have some time to herself but i went to put her friend in with the other 1 in ther cage that shes know for a year but she either tries mating her or attacking her.why? and what shall i do? please help and they also make this chuttering noise to each other before they attack!!

Answer
Hi Amy

Sometimes while a female is pregnant, its kinda like the non-pregnant ones get jealous. It might be best to keep them apart if they are being agressive with each other.

Have I understood you correctly. You have put the two pigs that aren't pregnant back together and they are being agressive with each other?

One thing you could try doing is washing the two non-pregnant pigs to remove any maternity-related scents.

andy