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new one

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Question
hello first of ll i would like to thank your for listening to me nd second of all is this......... me and my mther just got a new baby guinea pig  or cavy and we put it with my other guinea pigs and they sniffed him and got on top of him and we were afraid it was bad and when we took him away y other 2 guina fought they are about 2 or 3 years and the new one is about a month what do i do?

Answer
It is important to find out the sex of the new guinea pig. If it is a girl, and the other 2 are boys, then they will not be able to get along. Males will fight over the females, and once a male has been exposed to a female, he will fight with other males. Also try introducing the 3 guinea pigs on neutral territory (some place large, like the living room floor). Let them smell each other without being too confined. If worse comes to worst, this new baby pig may need its own cage. Sometimes if there's such a large age difference, problems start.

Good luck,
Matt