My male guinea pig is trying to mate. Is she annoyed or fighting?

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Mating or almost fighting? One is a male (shadow) one is a female (pixie). They weren’t brought up together, we had pixie first then shadow (We got him yesterday). We I torduced themnto one another and he instantly wanted to mate with her, did the rumble strut and everything but she didn’t seem to like it a lot... or did? She didn’t reciprocate the same sound, but she did get annoyed often (squealed and ran away). They always call for each other when (attaching photos with more details). Pet's info: Small Animal | Guinea Pig | Female | unspayed

Miranda Sadar, DVM, DACZM · Accepted Answer

Thanks for your questions about your guinea pigs. The behavior you are describing sounds like breeding behavior. You are correct in that there is a lot of overlap between annoyance and breeding sounds. With them being so young, that can contribute to the confusion. They don’t quite know what they are doing either. I saw that you don’t necessarily want babies - the ages that your guinea pigs are now may lead to babies in the next couple of months. They are sexually mature by 4 months. You are correct that sometimes females will have difficult births - this most often happens when they are older than 6 months when they are bred and it is due to their pelvic bones becoming fused and inflexible. I hope that helps to answer your questions, and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

My male guinea pig is trying to mate. Is she annoyed or fighting?

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