Guinea Pig cage biting?

Question

I am watching my friends guinea pig for her and put her pigs cage next to mine. They are both males. Neither of them have been too aggressive, only barbering and occasional teeth chattering. But my guinea pig, who is about 1 year old, keeps biting his cage bars. I've read about cage biting, and he's picky so he can't be begging. Also I take him out and cuddle him every time, so I don't think it's attention. Is it aggression? It only started when we got the other one. Please help!!!!!

Answer 1

He is just trying to get to the new guinea pig

Answer 2

give it some dog buiskets they are hard to bite through and they will go for thwm insted but not to many though just a little pich will be fine (or cat buiskets)

Answer 3

this is just your guinea pig trying to get to the new guy, its nothing to worry about, just watch your pig's mouth  for any signs of injuries, although mine chewed all the time and never had any issues. good luck getting used to the noise lol.

Answer 4

they r borred, simple as that. i know you were expecting a really long answer but i do nt need to type one, waste of my time.  they REALLY are just borred.  thats it.

Answer 5

Some pigs just like to chew on the bars. Some do it out of habbit. Some when they are exited. When I walk into the room to give veggies, there are 3 that just go nuts with the bar chewing. Even after I have veggies in their cage, they will still do it. I have to point them to the veggies, and then it's like, "oh yeah...that's what I was excited about."

As long as they have plenty of hay, all day long, his teeth will be fine. Hay is what keeps their teeth ground down and their digestional tract in order. If you pig is eating and pooping normally, it's probably not a teeth problem, so he should be fine.

Answer 6

It could be that he just wants to get with the other guinea pig. It doesn't have to be aggression, it could just be that he wants to play with him.

Also, my guinea pig chews on the bars too. It isn't that he doesn't come out enough, and it's not that he doesn't have enough wood to chew on. It is just one of his habits.

You have nothing to worry about. He is perfectly fine.

Answer 7

Do you give him enough safe wood to chew on?  Chewing is a natural behavior and if they don't have wood then he'll find something else to chew.  It could be nerves and it could be that he is trying to get to the other one.  I highly doubt that it's agression since you say that they aren't aggressive.

Guinea pigs are extremely social animals and even if handled regularly, they need others of their own kind to interact with.  Males can bond to other males even if they weren't from the same litter.  When there aren't any females around and if there's enough food, water, and space for two guinea pigs then males actually get along pretty well.