New Guinea Pig Meets Friends for First Time!
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Our new guinea pig Nacho gets to see and interact with the female guinea pigs for the first time! This type of introduction was to help me prepare for bonding them properly, to see how all the guinea pigs reacted being close to each other. Bonding a male with females is usually straightforward but I know I have some strong personalities here!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Meet my female guinea pigs
1:12 Meet my male guinea pig
2:36 Setting up the outdoor enclosure
3:37 Nacho joins the girls
4:17 First impressions
5:52 Third time lucky?
7:24 Insights on the girls and close encounters
8:21 What did we learn?
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Sadly, neutered males are a “unicorn” in my area! I search for a year after rescuing my 4 girls. Rescues & shelters actually chuckled when I inquired if they had any neutered males! I was actually considering getting a young rescue male & then getting him neutered. Then, mindlessly scrolling through FB, I found Podrick!!!!! A male who had been dumped at a chain pet store & taken in by a gp lover. She had him neutered & had introduced him into her herd. Life got in the way & she was looking to re-home him. I was ecstatic!!!! She required a pic of my cage set up & a small (much less than a neutering cost) fee. We chatted through messenger for a bit & I was hopeful that she would choose me & my girls to be his home. I waited anxiously & got a YES!!! I was going to slowly introduce them……but, my excitement got the better of me! I set up the floor of my piggie room & introduced them straight away. My dominant female submitted instantly & there was 5 mins of chasing & mounting. All was calm & everyone went about there business, as if he had been with them forever! It’ll be 2 years next month & I have to say, adding him made them all so zen. He squashes any girl squabbles immediately, in a kind & gentle way & has brought so much joy to the girls & myself. Hoping your intro goes just as smoothly & that they all enjoy their new friend!
When he saw Callie first he was like “hey mom I thought I was an only child”!😂❤
Can't believe Phoebe and Roxy are 3 and Callie is 1 already 😮. It's going to be an interesting introduction 😉❤
Nacho looks ready to be the boss pig of his herd of ladies. I think Cali will be quick to friend him. The other two might take a little convincing, but I see him being the head Nacho pretty quickly.
Thank you and yes I think that's my thoughts too! 😊
Nacho is such a handsome boy. It's so cute watching them interact through the bars, and I hope they get along.
Introduced a neutered boar (Pumpkin) from where they board at my local rescue, took the two girls along for a play date and popped them all together for an hour or so. The two girls, sisters who don't get along were around 3 and Pumpkin just under a year. Thankfully no issues whatsoever and they all settled in very well together at home, it also helped reduce the bickering between the sisters - excellent result and they've been living together for over a year now.
Nacho is so cute! Maybe it was also the outdoor location making them nervous? Maybe indoors will be calmer
Good point I hadn't really thought of that 🤗
Wow! We got a male as a gift near 2 months ago. We kept them in separate cages. Now we put them in the same cage setup but with a divider over 3 inches apart. That way they get used to living near each other without any "horseplay". I can't wait to get him neutered and we can have a super cage setup.
I was surprised to see Callie so confident and curious with Nacho. Roxy was herself and it will be interesting once they have actual space together. Phoebe was doing well also. I still think Nacho's facial outline is like an upside down heart...it's so adorable!
Thank you and oh yes! I see what you mean about the heart! 😍
Nacho looks like he has been out in the humidity to long! Hahah. Love the crazy hair/fur
I couldn't wait to press play on your video to see how things were going. Thank you for sharing Nachos bonding with the herd journey. It's so helpful 👍😍
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
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I just can't help but laugh every time I see Nacho's hairstyling
He is the cutest piggie I have ever seen, no joke! ❤😂
I had this issue when I introduced my first Guinea Pig Half N Half to our new baby Guinea Pig Cinnamon. They are both females and thought it would be easy going….I was wrong 😅 Half N Half was very aggressive and was pulling and chewing at bars between them. I ended up keeping them in separate cages and kept slowly having them meet. They are in the same cage now but they now fighting to be the boss pig lol 😅😅😅
Nacho is just Soooooooo cute!!!!!
It's going to be interesting to see if Phoebe will accept Nacho as boss pig. I think Callie misses having a boy friend. I remember she was good friends with Pedro. Hope everything goes well for the introductions!❤❤❤❤
It will be indeed! And yes I agree about Callie, she loved Pedro a lot 🥰
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We also have a boy Olaf (formally Snuffle Snout the 2nd of west wiskerton) who is also from Nevilles and his six weeks end soon.They may even have been cage mates !
Awh wow!! I remember seeing that name haha! Best of luck with Olaf! 😍
a new fluffy addition to the fam ❤
It absolutely kills me how adorable they all are. I really hope they get along.
HELLO NACHO, good luck with fitting in!!
Cali is soo cute
nacho is so FLUFFYYY!
I adore Nacho’s crazy hair do.
If you've seen the show big comfy couch...nacho reminds me of the dust bunnies. so cute
Always so sweet
I can't believe how confident he is now, I've had my piggies six weeks now and their getting a bit more confident but can't touch them more then 10 seconds, working harder with them everyday ❤
I also got a male (Karmel) for my girls some time ago and had to neuter him first. He was recovering very well and gained a nice amount of weight (+100g/5mo old) over 2 weeks past surgery 😊
I thought, it would be smart to introduce their smells first by switching some tunnels or pads between their cages and sadly as a reaction to that the male got depressed (we believe) as he almost stopped eating and any medication from the vet would urge him to eat more (surprisingly he was pooping normally) and after a week he lost over 100g and he was lighter than before we got him 😢
We decided to risk it and introduce them to each other exactly as our vet said was needed (4weeks), although we wanted to be sure and wait 6 weeks. Our girls were ~9-10mo old at that time, so an accidental pregnancy shouldn't be as risky as their pelvic bones were still flexible.
Thankfully (or sadly) there are no mini Karmels squeaking around, but I would recommend either separating them completely or having their cages near each other permanently.
We must not forget, that piggies are herd animals and can be very sensible to this type of stimulation 😔
Thank you so much for your thoughts, that's really interesting and sobering to hear your experience with Karmel! I agree they are more sensitive than we might think, we'll be keeping a close eye on Nacho. And I hope the introductions went well and Karmel is enjoying herd life! 😍
To some extent may I say - he is quite smaller than the girls, but also confident and wanted to 'take charge'. The girls didn't let him and it wasn't a smooth introduction.
He is also from another country and we have a feeling, that they don't quite speak the same language? (Girls are purring when angry, he does it when he's content, they are chirping when relaxed)
But as time goes on, the dynamics change and we have the feeling, that when he reaches the same weight he will transition to a leader smoothly.
Ahhh! So excited for when he joins the girls!!!
I got my guinea pigs a few hours ago, they are very scared and they are hiding, thank you for taking care of Nacho so nicely ❤
Thank you and congrats on the new piggies! 🥰
@@SqueakDreams Thank you!!
Adorable ❤Nacho and the precious girls!!! Too cute 🥰
I keep checking the channel anxious for introductions, despite knowing full well what six weeks means. 😂
😂😂 we're equally anxious!
I love your videos, and I love how much you love your piggies and care for them so much.
I’m so happy that he could see the girls
His hairdo is wild lol. So cute ❤
Omgggg yesssss he’s cute
This brings back memories of introducing my older sow to my two new baby girls. I was so scared my older sow, Phoebe, was going to be rude to the new babies, but she was so great with them and to this day, almost 2 years later, they are still like mother and daughters and I couldn’t be happier with how things turned out!
🤞Crosses fingers hoping everything goes well during the bonding process in the next two weeks. Best of luck to all the piggies.🐖
Thank you!
It's great seeing there interactions through the cage bars... It will be interesting when they finally get together.. 😁😁💕
All of them are darling!❤
I can’t wait to see the proper bonding, I hope it works out ok.😊xx
😍piggies! Love ur videos!
Thank you so much for your amazing videos it’s helped me learn so much about Guinea pigs and I just got two of my own and your videos help me learn how to do everything so thank you, and I love your voice and accent and you are very pretty
Such dramatic tribbles 🥰 I love watching little Narcho's mop as he zips around on the floor. Makes me want piggies if I wasn't already tired of sweeping poops from my senior bunny 😂 Can't wait to see these little herds become one ❤
This is peak piggy drama! It'll be quite the challenge for you I think.
Your videos always tend to put a smile on my face. I’m really looking forward for when it is safe for Nacho to be able to be with the girls. It might be a tad interesting when Phoebe and Nacho get to truly try to bond, but I really do think things will work themselves out. ❤️
I love all ur vids. I watched every single one of them to learn knowledge before I adopted my 2 boys ! Your channel has helped so much and your Guinea pigs are adorable ❤Thankyou
He is just so adorable. Can’t wait to see how they all do together seeing that Nacho is very confident.
Nacho is adorable ! I love the way he zooms around with his hair flying through the air.
Yes, I agree with you, he does seem very confident. Cali and Phebe are very intrigued by this bachelor. Poor Roxi seems shy and alittle fearful. All so adorable, I think this was a great idea for you to do this soft introduction. Maybe you can try this inside once in a while before the real thing .
Why do they bite on the bars? My Teddy use to bite on the bars so frequently. He would stand up as I walked by and bite away.
In any case, maybe the frequent soft introductions will help with the real introduction, I hope and pray all goes well. Your doing a wonderful job with him Sarah, keep up your great work. I love that little innocent Cali. So adorable how curious she was. ❤
I do think he would have plowed right into the girls cage had you moved one of those sections. Enjoy your videos so so much. Thank you.
Congrats on New Guinea Pig ❤
I'm so excited!I also have a guinea pig I am looking into getting her a friend!😁.
Love it!
omg, funniest and most adorable piggy video ever. and your editing, camera work and sounds and voice overs - perfection
They are all so adorable!
How adorable great video
aww they are so cute 💖💖
So excited for this!!! I know they will end up being best of frens ❤
I live laugh love nacho
Haha 😃 same!!
❤ good job he is so cute
That’s lovely 👍
Your grass is soooooo long 👌
His rumblings are so cool 😎
Great informative video ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Very interesting to watch them all. I hope the bonding goes well. Callie is such a cutie patootie. 😊
Hi! I just got guinea pigs, and you inspired me to build my own cage with my familly!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️Luv your vids
Thank you and you're welcome! 😃😍
Hello, I've been lurking and watching many of your videos and decided to comment :)
Nacho is such a character! And he really is so floofy! Callie is definitely interested in him, that'll be interesting to play out! Shame Nacho got a little stressed by it all, but I really look forward to their real introduction!
Also, I love your editing and all the little guinea thoughts, your channel is adorable.
I'm getting my own guineas next week and can't wait!
Happy Birthday Callie!! 🎉
Nachos hair is everything ❤...Roxy and Pheobe you are looking gorgeous ❤
I think that Nacho and Callie soon be bosspig♥️
I really really hope that it turns out ok and they get along! I bet he will be asserting his dominance a lot but i hope they’ll become best friends! ✨
Nacho's so cute :-D
Aww cute! 🥺 If Nacho was bar biting back inside it was probably because he could smell the girls! Recommend Home and Roost outdoor runs - worth investing!
tysm we might get 3 piggys soon for the first time
First 6 mins!! Just clicked and so excited to see him meet the girls!
waves to Callie from Fudge, my big boy cream Cali crested
im a big fan
Nachos can be crispy on the outside but soft and gooey on the inside. I'm sure whatever happens in 2 weeks Sarah, it will be very tasteful ❤
Haha nice! Very true!! 🤩
I'm so happy that they got to finally meet! I can't wait to see them in the same cage, and I can't believe the sisters are 3 and Callie is 1! Where did the time go?!
Thank you! And I know, it's crazy!! 😆
Hello Sarah I just had to give my new baby back he is four months old and I've got two boys 2yrs old they just wouldnt bond with him it got pretty violent I tried for three days. But it was just stressing them all out one of my piggys bit down so hard his teeth was stuck in the wicker basket so the best thing was to give the baby back I'm devastated I feel like I failed him but boys arnt so easy to bond I've learnt ❤. I love all you're videos ❤❤❤
That seemed like a successful first encounter. I think Nacho will eventually be one of the girls.
Oh I do hope so! 😊
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He ls really cute
I have 5 Guinea pigs but one is called Luna! and she looks at lot like nacho ( srry if I spelt that’ wrong) 😅❤
It's like watching teenagers. Pretending to ignore eachother but very aware.
omg she liked my comment!!!!!!❤❤❤❤
Omg they r so cute I'm begging my dad for one lol
Hi! I'm getting 2 piggies in September - any prep tips? or just tips in general for a beginner? I've watched almost all of your videos, but I want to make sure I haven't missed anything!
Make sure you have a large cage, lots of hay, plenty of hideys, some kind of bedding, and veggies! Also, make sure you don’t get any unhealthy treats for your Guinea pigs! (Also, Guinea pigs can be a bit messy, so you will have to clean a lot!) 💕✨
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Just wondering how old was Nacho when he got neutered and did the vets go more on weight than how old he was. We have just got a new male guinea pig and have got three girls two of which are lunkarya piggies and we would like him to live with them. We also have an old male piggy he lost he brother last year he will be eight this year. We wasn't sure wether to but both boys together but think the old one is to old to be bothered with a young male. Me and my daughter enjoy watching your videos.
I'm very interested to watch the next intros! I've just adopted two males who are challenging each other for dominance (i didn't realize that's what it was until I saw your videos!), and I've wondered if it would help to introduce a third, perhaps a female? Is that a bad idea? I really want to avoid separating them.
We have 5 Guinea pig
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I'd advise to give them much neutral space and time for the introducion. A place where they can run freely with good grip on the ground so they can sort it out :) Don't give them many hideys and only ones with two or more entrances so no-one gets stuck. Some food can help for stress relieve 😊 And even if it's hard sometimes don't intervene, only if theres blood or something different really dangerous for them.
Good luck 🍀❤
Yeah, that's exactly what she advises in her bonding videos 😂
Do you post on Twitter or anything? Would love to participate in another Q & A, new owner been binging you but still nervous
SO CUTE! DO YOU HAVE ANY REX GUINEA PIGS?
I have a question. I have four piggies and have been trying several cages. But all of them has failed. Do you know of any prebuilt cages that would work the best that is big enough and safe?
Free grass cutting at the backyard😅
Hi I am wanting to get a guinea pig but I just want to make sure a 56 inch by 28 Inch cage for 2 pigs ❤❤❤
What cage would you reccomend for 2 Guinea pigs, preferably from c&c
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Could Phones remain the boss lady? Mares often reign supreme over geldings in the horse herd. I've noticed similarities in behavior between my two favorite herbivores. I am interested to see what happens and wish them the best in the bonding process.
Phoebe
Ein Fußboden zum fressen ❤🐹😂 ...meine 2 mögen es leider gar nicht , stundenlang hocken sie in den Häuschen...
I have two boys they are so cute also my names callie and your guinea pig is also called callie so name twins❤😂
Hi just wanted to know when I put my Guinea pig on his back he starts chewing his hand
Where did you get Caille?
Hello sarah I'm a new piggy mammy ive got a two year old and I have one who is just over a year old. I've just had a baby piggy his name is crumble and hes four months old I've been crying all night because the baby is showing lots of stress chewing the bars and pulling on them. He wont come near me he used to live only in hay so he doesn't know what a nice bed is or a hidy he has gone into the skipper bed he seemed to prefer that but I'm so stressed and dont know how to introduce him to the others and when I'd really appreciate some help please. ❤❤❤❤❤
Dam I wish my Guinea pigs were alive still
How many guinea pigs do you have?