Guinea pigs are social animals and are much safer than chinchillas, hamsters and other small pets when it comes to co-caging. Although they will fight and make trouble when they are in heat, there are always one less or half less than hamsters waiting the next day. It's much better to just wait for the bloody scenes.

However, the cage closing of guinea pigs must abide by the Basic Law and cannot be closed at will, otherwise it will be unsafe. In addition, there are two types of cages for guinea pigs: same-sex cages and opposite-sex cages. Both of these cages can be caged together, but I will focus on the cages of opposite sexes here.

7. After the male and female guinea pigs are caged together for a period of time, you should closely monitor whether the female guinea pig is pregnant. If signs of pregnancy appear, the female guinea pigs should be separated into cages immediately to prepare for giving birth in a separate cage. Because the female guinea pig will no longer be in estrus after pregnancy, but the male guinea pig will still be in estrus. If the female guinea pig does not cooperate, it is easy for the male guinea pig to go berserk and attack the female guinea pig.

8. After the guinea pig is caged, it will stimulate estrus. The character, behavior, and habits of the guinea pig in estrus will be different from usual ones. For example, they will be more irritable and urinate everywhere without using the toilet. The male guinea pig will secrete a strange smell and smear it around to stimulate the female guinea pig to go into estrus. Therefore, you must observe and handle it carefully during this period.

9. Same-sex cages are much easier than opposite-sex cages, and the chance of fighting is much smaller than that of opposite-sex guinea pigs. However, there are still some individuals who fight, so you should pay attention to this. . If there is a fight, separate the cages in time.

Okay, the above is the editor’s summary of the precautions for cage closing of guinea pigs. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

The editor is not a cage-keeper. On the contrary, I rarely close cages when I raise guinea pigs (I haven’t taken the initiative to close cages in the past five years). However, my guinea pigs are relatively active, and I took advantage of them twice. When I was cleaning the cage, I sneaked out and sneaked into the female guinea pig cage, so I couldn't guard against it.