HOW TO: Introduce and Bond Guinea Pigs! | Squeak Dreams
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- Guinea pigs are best kept in pairs or small groups. This means people usually end up having to introduce and integrate new guinea pigs into an existing herd. This video covers the basics of introducing guinea pigs, plus what behaviours are okay and which ones are not so okay! With examples, as I introduce Willow and Lyra to Twiglet.
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Before adopting one or more new guinea pigs to join a single piggie or herd:
Be 100% confident of the sex. Keep to same sex groups or guinea pigs which have been spayed/neutered.
Quarantine new guinea pigs to eliminate the risk of spreading parasites or illnesses (unless from a rescue or responsible trusted breeder). For example, guinea pigs bought from pet shops are highly likely to have mites, and treated multiple piggies can be expensive!
If increasing numbers, extend the cage size to provide enough room for the herd.
When introducing/bonding guinea pigs:
Set up a large pen on neutral territory with hay, open style beds/houses and veggies. Make sure there is no chance of a submissive piggie being trapped by a more dominant one (no hidey houses with just one small entrance/exit). Supervise them closely for the next few hours.
You can also bath the guinea pigs beforehand or try to rub their scent on each other.
Familiarise yourselves with dominance behaviours and which ones should concern you. In general, rumble strutting, quiet teeth chattering (not prolonged or too loud), head raising, sniffing, nipping (quick and not causing any injury) and ignoring each other are normal.
Watch carefully if you see any loud and prolonged teeth chattering, yawning, "huffing", wide open mouths (i.e getting ready to lunge), lunging, fighting. You may see these behaviours from the guinea pig that wants to be dominant, the other guinea pig/s should back down (run away). If they don't - fighting could be imminent! If they begin to fight throw a towel over them to break the fight up. Check for any injuries straight away.
Dominance behaviours, even if they don't lead to fighting, can be scary for us - but try and hold back intervening unless you are sure they are about to fight/hurt each other. It's very important to give them chance to set up the hierarchy. Unfortunately, not all introductions will be successful - make sure you have thought through the options if they cannot live together.
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Oh introductions! It is amazing all the behaviours they go through, sometimes it is scary! Hope they work it out and can live happily together when your cage is larger and ready for them.
skinnypigs1 hi! I am subbed to ur channel like this one, I have a male, he has been alone for at least 6 years, we never knew males could be together, I'm gettimg a new guinea pig, im calling him oreo, because he is black and white, I'm really nervous and excited
Hi
That curly piggie is so adorable!!
We currently have one guinea pig, and I know it's much better to have at least 2, but I'm scared to death that they're gonna fight, or end up fighting, or injuring each other while we're out, or something. Im really sad, because I don't want her to be unhappy, but I'm scared that if I get her a roommate, that it won't work out well.... 😥
Yumi Arigama don't worry, they should have one, and it's very rare if they won't get along, it's like someone is alone, and they can't understand what you say
Males are iffy but two females are generally accepting of eachother
Well am thinking the same thing
My sister keeps her 2 in separate cages and occasionally lets them see each other.
I understand where you’re coming from I’ve had two female Guinea pigs and they’ve got on well so far spends the gender though because it’s more usual for females to be nice to each other
I had 2 guinea pigs, both female, and unfortunately a couple weeks ago one of my guinea pigs got sick and passed away, now my guinea pig who he still here she has started biting everything and everyone, runs around her cage and cries for attention, so my mom and I have decided that would be our best option to help her stop feeling lonely, im just scared of the possibility of fighting
I introduced my two boys to two girls a few days ago and it went quite well. With all the naysayers wagging their fingers reproachfully I was pleasantly surprised at how well they're all getting a long. It's only been a few days, so I don't know whether it will last, but it's a promising start.
Thanks great news! I hope they continue to get along well! 😃
My trio got introduced quite awkwardly because after I had quarantined my new piggy Luna we put my duo’s and her cage next to each other. About the 2nd day of having their cages next to each other I came down to check on them and Luna somehow was in my duo’s cage 😅 I checked with my family to make sure they didn’t put her in there ( they thought I was pranking them ). No one had put her in my duo’s cage so we got her out of their cage and put her back in her cage. We then saw her trying to squeeze through the c&c grids (she’s a baby) and we knew exactly how she had gotten in my duo’s cage. After that we just decided to slowly introduce them and now they are living in a massive cage together with very minor dominance issues. (I always watch them closely when I can)
very glad to see things are looking up for your piggies deffo fav good luck with getting them back together
So glad to hear things are getting better! :D
+Mills' Skits thank you! :)
I am glad things are getting better and I hope they can live together again. I have bonded several groups over the years and it has always gone well but that was probably luck. 😀 My current group of 5 girls consist of a sow, her 2 adult babies, her sister and an unrelated adult sow. The 4 were living as a family group and I added the single one with absolutely no drama and that did surprise me. Good luck!
So helpul, thank you, just an amazing video, and the quality is great! Such wonderful guinea pigs. Hope that all of your squeak dreams to try to get them to bond come true! :);)
I’m about to introduce new Piggies to my duo and this video was so helpful!!! Thank you so much for this video!
This was really helpful, thanks!
I got a new guinea pig about a week ago and decided to introduce her to my other one today. Hopefully all goes well!
I'm not needing to bond guinea pig but I still really enjoyed the video. It's very informative and interesting :)
+PlausiblePiggies awh thanks that's lovely of you to say! :D
Thank you for this video, Miss. I enjoyed the video a lot, Miss.
I have two females that will be meeting for the first time tomorrow. Both are 4 months old. I am so excited. I've got a huge cage for them in case they require more space.
I've had my one guinea pig (pebbles) for almost fours years. Over this past weekend I actually inherited two guinea pigs from a family member that moved and couldn't keep them. I took them in since they are both females and so is mine. The pair is very well bonded and I believe have been with each other since babies. Pebbles, has been with other pigs in the past. I originally bought pebbles with another baby an abyssinian named misty. Tragically she was killed by a cat that got into their cage. Pebbles survived and in the weeks that followed was very depressed. So I went out and got another pig. The pig I brought home was very dominant and often beat her up. After about three months I gave her away. Since then which has been over a year pebbles has lived alone and happy. Now I want my new pigs and her to get along. So I did what you did in the video. Started out great after the vegetables were gone it got really ugly pebbles went on the attack. I broke it up a few times once getting bit really bad. After 6 hours she still was on the attack. The other pigs were definitely submitted and frozen stiff in their corners. I feel so bad and I want them all to live together. Do you have any other methods or advice. I ordered a huge cnc cage and it's coming in the mail soon my wish is that they all can live together. Please any advice will help and is greatly appreciated!!
im surprised that your cat kill one of you pigs i have had 3 guinea pigs with 3 different cats and they were fine but the newest cat/guinea pig combo love to snuggle together.
Thanks for this video. I'm getting a baby guinea pig because one of mine died and Patches is really sad ):
gosh Lyra is so cute
Lili-mai Ashley I know right! Her puffy fur is adorable!
I love your channel, it has helped me so much with my piggies Jasper and Garnet :) also at the start when lyra was in the tunnel was so cute :)
+Just A Girl With A Camera thank you! What lovely names!! Lyra is a funny piggie :)
No One Important Oml, you named your guinea pigs after SU? Aha
aww they are so cute!!!
I really want to pick up Lyra and give her a big cuddle!!
i can't wait to see the new cage and hopefully the 3 getting along really well in it
+candy11401 haha she is a big bundle of fur! Haircut needed I think :)
It's nice to actually be early to a video
Our pigs fought when we first put them together. One got a nasty cut on his lip too, but once it happened the one who got bit accepted that the other was dominant. They never fought again and were best friends until the end. :( We lost our beloved Vincent yesterday and are going piggy dating tomorrow for his younger brother Warren who is pining for his brother. :( I hope he finds a new friend.
Wow this was really useful full thank you 😭❤️🙈
Can you do a tutorial on how you make their beds please xx
first, I love your channel 😀💜💜
Awh thank you so much! :)
what I have done in the past with putting my pigs back together is bathed everything in the cage and then do them all then all the smell is gone and then they will think they've all been together cuz they all smell alike but I love your videos I love your Piggies you were the one that taught me all about my piggies and now I can't live without them
I saw the title and thought you had a new piggie! I'm glad things are improving though. One of mine has been separated due to sickness and was reintroduced today, and luckily it went well. Every piggy is different, I guess
+Amber Harrington oh haha! No new piggies yet! Glad to hear your piggie recovered and is back with the others :)
Tysm for this vid I might be getting two guineas and I am watching out for stuff on how to care for them proper cage size beginner stuff like that
Another great video :-) x
My piggie was a Craigslist rescue. The lady who had her didn't know what to feed her and she was feeding her fruits and veggies everyday and she had a salt wheel in her cage. The piggie is super supe sweet. I can tell she hasn't had any company because she'll try to groom your arm, but will bite way too hard. My mom's trying to learn how to introduce another piggie so this'll be really helpful :)
I LOVE your videos
I have 2 female piggies who are about 1 and a half years old and I just got another piggie yesterday and she was just barley weaned from her mom one of my piggies is very chill and the other seems pretty dominant to the other but yesterday after I brought the new pig home I did let my new pig take a brief look at them and my older pigs seemed very excited so hopefully the bonding goes well and I will be bonding on spring break
We have a skinny pig that has been with us for about a month. Last night we brought home another piggy in the obvious hope that they will bond (they are both males, about 5 or 6 months old). We introduced them in a run that we made out of c&c pieces and lined with comfy fleece and put a nice pile of hay in the middle. It seemed to go great at first...Pip (skinny) was thrilled to have someone to hang out with a popcorned all over, they did the usual rear sniffing and chased each other around a little, even had some hay breaks. So we figured they were doing well and moved them to Pip's cage...it was like world war III! They tussled and scrapped until Pip ended up with a little blood from a scratch, then each took a side of the cage as their own. Pip seemed really scared, he stayed in the same exact place for a couple of hours, not wanting to move at all! As soon as Pop (new piggy) came near him they would scrap again. We ended up splitting the cage for now and each side has their own food, water, hidies, etc. I think tonight we will try them in the playpen again for a longer time and try it again in the cage. Maybe it will just take some time for them to be in the same smaller space? Any tips for us? If it doesn't work we will take Pop back and try a different piggy (which is tricky because we don't have a guinea pig rescue), but we want to give him a decent chance before we do!
Really helpfull, I'm Getting my first piggy tomorrow, she already lives alone as her previous home didnt get her a friend so im hoping to introruce her to another one not long after i get her so this video was really helpfull as i had no idea How to introduce them
Such a helpful and hopeful video. We have 2 boys that we’re doing fine. We thought we properly introduced our new boy but soon after, our oldest piggie started attacking his “friend” and the newbie picked on the same piggie. Now we have them all separated as the bullied piggie is missing part of his ear 😣😢 Not sure if we can eventually, slowly do what you’ve done and have better results. Will be rewatching this many times.
I just introduce my adult male who is fixed to a baby female guinea pig and they are doing great !
This really helped. Today I’m about to put my 2 month old guinea pig (Female) with a New Guinea pig I got (female) cause she was so lonely. She’s much bigger the 2 month old one so I just hope New Guinea pig doesn’t think of it as anything
This kinda helped me as im going through a similar problem. Both my piggies are babies tho and the smallest of the babies squeek a lot when the other one goes near her. Is scary because i just want them to get along already.
I have a female that is about 1 1/2 years old, she’s been in a cage alone pretty much her entire life, because the female I rescued to bond her with when she was a baby, was so aggressive with her. I was surprised because the rescue was a mother, she was about 3, and came from a large group of guineas of all ages. So, I figured they would be fine. Absolutely not. The rescue pig often attacked my little Minnie. However, I kept trying until the attack was so bad that blood was unfortunately drawn on Minnie. I housed them next to one another, so they wouldn’t be completely alone, but they even tried to fight through the cages often times. My sweet rescue piggy recently passed away from cancer. So, I got another little female. And I was hopeful Minnie wouldn’t have to live alone. The new little one is so lovable and so sweet, also wild and crazy. I’ve quarantined her, and tried to start the bonding with her and Minnie. However, it went awful right from the start. Minnie went right for the attack. Without warning, nothing! She just lunged at her. And she’s quite big now compared to a small little one. I had them in a large neutral open area, lots of food and hay, no closed hideys, and honestly they were fine until they found one another. I dont want to just give up. But I’m so scared now. She wasn’t teeth chattering, no noises were made. The little one just walked by her to check her out, and she was instantly aggressive, lunged at her in full on fight mode. I’m so thankful I had a blanket. Could it be because she’s never lived with another Guinea pig? I’m so bummed. And terrified to try again. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do, or what I could try. It’s very frustrating. And I don’t want my little one to end up alone, like Minnie did.
My guniea pigs like to chase each other around for fun lol just got them last week and this been they 5th day together cause they was never in the same cage at pets mart but they seem to be having fun
I have a big two story hutch and a big run like yours so should I try to put them in the run and like clean there cage out right before they get put in there if it goes well?
I know this video is older, but i have my first guinea pig i have had him for two and a half months now. I am getting a second one for him soon and I hope he does ok with introductions. I feel he is loanly and needs a guinea pig to bond with.
Hey I just wanted to ask if you got another piggy and how did it go?
Is it good to try a boundary between them to start? That way that they kinda meet in a setting that's like a slow introduction?
Thank you so much for the video! I have two female guinea pigs. My mom brought her female guinea pig over to visit and since then our two have fought. We’ve found 4 scars on one of the Guinea pigs, so we’ve separated them. When we put them together on a neutral place they chatter and we have to break them up. Do we just keep doing what we’re doing? Would bringing in a third be better? Help!
Very informative
Thank you!
We've recently lost a piggie that we rescued (rip snowie ☹️) so ended up adopting a friend for our other piggie cookie,
I was looking for videos showing the signs of aggression and your video popped up.
I know it could take a long time to get cookie and fudge used to eachother but I won't give up on them because I know they'll become best friends 😄
@@dieseluk2k Awh I'm sorry for your loss of Snowie. I hope Cookie and Fudge bond together - the key is to let them set up their hierarchy, only separate if they risk hurting each other by fighting. :)
So I’m doing all my reasearch i can
Hi 👋🏾 where did you get those beds?
Please tell me where you got the purple and pink bed!
I already have a bonded pair but I would like to add two more piggies (who aren’t bonded yet) to the herd. Would it be best to introduce them all at once or one at a time? Ps they will be living in a 32 square foot cage. Thx!
I have a guinea pig called Twiglet too !!x
+TTF Pets yay for Twiglets! :D
where do you get your cage liners in the u? btw I love this video. thank you .it was very interesting and informative
+The Little Pen Place I make my own, I think a few independent cosy makers sell them though :)
do you know where can get some in the uk? :)
What should i do when i got two piggies from one place but diffrent cage? Should i introdunce them first or just put them together on the cage?
HELP!
So in september i got two guinea pigs both females and they got along great together. In january one of the guinea pigs, nutmeg, injured her eye and had to be separated. they would regularly have breakfast together since i didnt want them to feel lonely or forget each other. But nutmeg had continuous follow up appointments on her eye and caused her to become very aggravated to the other guinea pig, paprika, and even with me. i had to stop the breakfast times together because nutmeg would get into fights with paprika. Paprika was originally the submissive one but it has been 2 months since they've lived together and she has gained her down sense of dominance. It's like neither is willing to be the submissive one. Nutmeg is doing better now, although she will never regain her full eye sight again. Your video was the only video that was semi-related to mine and i just really dont know what to do. should i try the bath? should i just keep them separate? i have them in C&C Cages but i would build a 6x2 and add grids right in the middle so in a sense they are sharing a cage but living separately. please help :(
Just wondering I have 2 in separate cages for 2 years I put them together they are fine what’s your thoughts on a big cage with both together one other thing there cages are right next to each other so they are just separated by wired cage
I actually had a question about this squeaky dreams. I lost one of my elder piggies a few months back (she was 6) and that left me with 2 piggies. I recently got another Piggie and tried to introduce them. Ive been successful in the past but this time all 3 of my piggies started fighting really bad. They were lunging at each other, even throwing a blanket over them didn't help. It took me a few minutes just to get control of everything. when I removed the new Piggie the 2 I've had and has been together for a few years now were so aggravated they started fighting. well I got them back together a few hours later and they are fine now, but now I'm scared to even try to introduce them all again. right now I have them side by side with a divider separating the cages, and even that doesn't work. they will start teeth chattering at each other and jumping around. so I have a blanket over the divider separating them just to keep them calm. it is working for now but do you have any suggestions bc this is the worst I've seen piggies fight and really scared to try again. and it's crazy bc my new Piggie who I named "princess Leia" is such a sweet and tame Piggie. she loves to be petted and will nudge her head up just for you to pet her. I swear she is part dog bc she is the tamest Piggie I've seen. lol. anyways can you help? love your videos btw. they help me so much with my piggies:)
thanks
we got our Guinea pigs practically yesterday and they both scatter to each other.
today they both scratched there noses, huffed and started circling each other.
can someone tell me what this means??
I am getting a guinea pig on Tuesday (Fifi), who I am adopting from my friend as she can't look after him anymore. He used to be with another guinea pig at a young age however they started fighting and got separated. Fifi is now 4 and has been alone for most of his life but I was wondering if I should get him a friend or would he prefer to be on his own? x
Hi, I am intruding my to guinea pigs and I am just wondering during floor time if guinea pigs will like run off and possibly lose them? If so what do you suggest to block them off?
Introductions with some of my piggies have been a nightmare.
We're still trying to work on it.
Is it fine that the older one circles the new guinea pig? or doesnt let do something (when they first meet up)
We have 2 bonded female guinea pigs and are thinking about introducing 2 bonded, newtered boars, is it best to introduce both of the boars at the same time or one at a time.
Glad they are getting on ok 😊👍🏻 my piggies do a lot of rumble strutting and chasing at times and try to mount each other. Is this normal 'in season' behaviour? Thanks 🐹
+Leona Dutton Yes certain female piggies do that a lot when they in season! Lyra especially turns into a crazy humping ball of hormones for a few days, before normality returns!
I wanna ask you something. I have a texel guinea pig that's a boy and another guinea pig that's a cuy. Can you introduce them to each other?
i need a bit of advise, i got a little guinea pig named mojo, and she is younger than my older one daylight, and daylight keeps biting her ears and i thought it was a dominance thing, but she wont let mojo move or else daylight will bite mojo, can u tell me if i should separate them, cause i dont want my piggies getting hurt will this be solved over time or will they have to separate? they are in the same cage but i put a divider infront of them, i tried to use this video to help me but it really didnt...
would this apply to introducing very young guinea pigs to older ones? or is there a different process?
i have 2 old boars (about 5 or 6 yrs old) and they are well bonded (hans and christoff). one of them is the dominant one but he cant be bothered showing off all the time. i also have 2 boars that are 6 months and they haven't figured out yet who is top dog (gingy and mister nilson). usually gingy is submissive but tries to be boss too sometimes. i would like to introduce the two pairs to each other but am afraid that the young boars might cause trouble. at the moment the old boars are free range in the lounge (on a cage liner but do not walk of it) and the young boars are in a cage of which on side is close to the old boars. when the old boars come to the cage to say hello both young ones get upset with each other (teeth clattering, strutting, mounting etc) and the old ones go back minding their own business. any advise? keep the 2 pairs seperated and wait till the young ones passed their puberty? thnx
I’m trying to introduce my older girl to a younger boy. He’s due to be neutered this week. But they were all over each other. But not in a negative way and no breeding was allowed. Now they are back in separate cages and chatting up a storm.
i bought a guinea pig at the pet store and i wanna go back and get the other one that was in the cage with him would that be ok
My guinea pig has been living alone for a year, this is because when I bought her she was about 3 weeks old and very injured, she had cuts all over her and missing fur. I just never got around to getting her a sister. Now I'm looking to get another female but I don't know if my guinea will adjust to having another around. Even when I bought my guinea she was alone. She's very healthy and happy as a single guinea can be. How do I go about choosing her new friend and introducing them?
Awh well done for giving her a loving home! I would try and get a young female piggie, from a rescue if possible. Introduce them on neutral territory, monitor them for a good few hours, clean out the cage thoroughly and put them in together (make sure the cage is big enough for two pigs), with a young female there shouldn't be any dominance issues.
We had one guinea pig for about month we got a new one well they first smelling each other like dogs then older one I don't know if she nip her but she turned around quick but our older one more laid back and quiet the new one is very loud and always on the go
It's been 8 months since I got my third guinea pigs but my pervious 2 are still fighting what can I do about it?
Hi! I have four adult female guinea pigs with sweet behavior (there aren't many dominance issues with them), but I have just got a baby (1 & 1/2 month old) female guinea pig, who is very scatty and terrified, but I'm just a bit scared when introducing them as I don't really want her to be overwhelmed as she is just a baby, do you think it will be ok with her? And how long do you reckon I should leave her before trying anything? Thanks xx
We made a divider between a 4×2 cage and the older one and tried knocking it down..
I got my one guinea pig in April and my second guinea pig in December I got them 9 months apart and I introduced them but In 3 months they have got along a short time then they nip at each other like they can't stand one other
I tried introducing 2 pairs of females and 2 of them always end up in a fight. I assume this just means that they should remain separate? Or should I keep trying or try something different?
Hi, question for you--I see that you do floor time right on the carpet. How do you manage with cleaning stray bits of hay that might end up there? I've been using my vacuum but the long bits will clog it up.
bombygriz I say pick up what you can and vacuum the leftover small pieces :)
Do you think I could introduce another male to my already bonded male pair??
how are you keeping the carpet clean???
Would 2 midwest plus cages be enough space for 4 male guinea pigs?
How do you know when they are ready to live together?
How long should I let them be in the playpen?
I adopted my guinea and he was around 8 months and then recently I got another one whose 4 months old, they are both males. The older one is very talkative like oinking, both chatter a bit, and the older one keeps humping and spraying and dragging his butt. They other one doesn’t make any noises really just runs around. Is this normal? How many days does this last, do they calm down?
Does anyone have any tips for how I might introduce two bonded pairs of boars to one another? I’m adopting another bonded pair and buying another c&c cage for them, separate, but I’d love to make it so they have two levels for four boars instead and have them all live together… BUT I don’t know how I could introduce two pairs of boys, should I do it individually or together? I’m lost on this… or should I skip it all together and keep them separate?
My pigs have been together for around a year and a half and they are all of a sudden being a but aggressive I think it is just them reacting to being in a new cage though
Hi! So I have 4 piggies. 2 guinea pigs are companions (Kiki and krash), but the other 2 are in their own cages. The thing is that all their cages are huge. I really want to introduce all 4 together. Would that be safe? Because i have 3 cages, and 4 guinea pigs, and it would be much easier if they all shared one. Any tips?
One of my piggies (bernie) passed away so i got another one because my other (winnie) was really sad. Every time ive introduced my new one (lilly) they immediately start fighting. They cant even go one minute without absolutely trying to kill eachother. I dont know what to do ive been trying to bond them for over a month with no progress
Ive had my two piggies separated for a couple months, now that they’re together ( thank God i happen to get a new cage for the two) things are going okay! However it does seem like one of my guinea pigs wants to cuddle with the other one & she’s not a fan.. how can i limit this behavior? It’s like the other one chases her puring but the other seems bothered
I have introduced two female piggies and they have been in the same cage for about a day. The older one still rumbles at the younger one. Is this normal?
My piggys was jumping into each other so I got them away from each other do I try to like let them meet again in like a week of no
Hi I got a boy a week ago and thinking about getting him desexed and get a girl instead of a boy how would he go if I introduced him to a girl is that ok as my partner doesn't want to get another boy incase they fight or pee on each other over dominance please help as I dont want my piggy to be lonely anymore
Thank you for taking your time to help
I love your channel keep up the amazing advise you have helped me so much already
Question? there are 3 guinea pigs
Pig1-B
Pig2-E
Pig3-L
B is dominant over L
E is dominant over B
L is dominant over E
I am making a chart of dominance for a piggy sitter (she said she would like one to show who is dominant over who) which do I but at the top and bottom etc
hey!! I know this is really late to when the video was posted, but I have a question if anyone knows what to do. I got a skinny pig yesterday, and he has no hair. I already had 2, rooster and Warbucks. Warbucks is super spunky, and he was the dominate one. I have had them for about a year, and it only took rooster and warbucks a little time because rooster is very submissive. Our new pig, I have learned, is smaller than our other ones but he doesnt back down from a fight at all, which resulted in a cut on his nose the first time they met. They are separated with a cage wall right now, so they can still sniff and talk. Rooster and Warbucks are on the same side, while our new one is separated from them. Am i doing the right thing? What’s the next step? I need help!!
thanks for reading btw Ik it was super long lol
i got two males, they are both the same age , but one is new and is so scared. He doesent eat and stays in the corner.
I was given a single rescue pig and have 2 more coming in a couple days as companions for her. Simon (the original and female) is roughly 6+months and the pare I'm getting (mum and daughter duo) I'm not sure of there age. I'm hoping they'll get along. I've never had guineapigs before I'm kinda nervous.
hi i just wanted an advice from u, i have a female guinea pig and she's 1yr and 2 months old, we didnt know that we were supposed to buy them in pairs neither did the shop owner told us. now we are considering to buy another female, so it will be okay right, like would it be comfortable for my guinea pig her name is coco btw:) . if u could just help me!!! please
We got a second guinea pig and my other one climbs on him and purrs is this ok?
Ok so my problem is that I had a guinea pig and she was alone so I bought another one but she is still a baby she’s 4 weeks old and my full grown one keeps biting my new baby Guinea pig can I have some advice please
Would it be ok to keep 2 guinea pigs (both females) not neutered, and that one would be older( I'm just confused, whether I should buy my guinea pig a friend or not, same to my bunny, he's a male, he's not neutered, I don't like neutering my pets, I don't think that two male bunnies would be friends, tho)
I tried bonding my new skinny pig with my other 2 Guinea pigs, and it was scary.. They started fighting and I had to separate them, they are all girls. *the skinny pig got a scratch, but it didn't bleed and she was okay* (I made a temporary cage for the skinny pig) can I try to reintroduce them after a couple days have passed? Or will they never like eachother?
What breed is Twiglet? He is sooooo cute!!!