HELP ME on my cavy!

Question
hi there. i am having cavy problems!!! I am not sure what to do at all and have called around for answers and no one was able to give me one straight answer. first off i shoudl say i have four of them, two females and a male and the other we believe to be a male also. One of our females is a mother to one of the males. its complicated. But we ended up keeping the youngster due to raising complications. Anyways. My eldest male guinea pig, father, is becoming very agressive to humans and the others. What can i do to make it so i do not have to get rid of him. He is in a seperate cage but is still causing mayhem all over by spilling his dish, and knocking over his house and running around screaming at times. Why is this and what can i do? Secondly one of the females are pregnant at the moment, by which male we are not sure, and are worried because we have heard there are albino cases. Both females have had a litter before and have been unsuccessful. one had 3 still born and only ended up with one in the end, and the other, all were still born. We are worry for this litter also. Is there anything there we can do to help? And last question. My other unpregnant female is bleeding, as a periode of some sort? Is that normal? or is there somethign to be concerned about? Please help me.. i am desperate and have come for imidiate help. thank you!  

Answer
Tania --

Sounds like you have a variety of issues that need to be dealt with.  It sounds as though your male may be getting a little aggressive due to possessiveness -- males are generally very territorial and they don't like to have other males around.  I would try keeping him a little more separate from the others.  Also, I wouldn't worry too much about the spilling and screaming, etc.  It's natural for guinea pigs to do these behaviors, but it's personality based.  It may be he just likes to do these things.

About your pregnancy -- there is nothing you can do to prevent stillborns.  Guinea pigs are particularly prone, so you are just taking a risk.  You can reduce the risk a little by making sure that she's receiving plenty of vitamin c -- just add a few drops in liquid form (you can get it at the pet store) to her water.  As for the bleeding animal, I would take her to the vet -- there isn't any case that I know of that would make bleeding safe.

Hope this information is helpful.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any more questions.  Good luck!

Lorena