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Hi, I adopted two male guinea pigs from pets at home. Apparently they were 5 weeks old on adoption, one was very small about 300g. Both got on until four months and then a massive of fur, whirl winding and I had to split them up. Since then I can't have them together or with other guinea pigs...

Hi guys! I’ve been very worried about my Guinea pig. Her name is munchie and she is around 6. We rescued her because the original owners didn’t want her so we took her in. My concern is that on her right side near her front foot kind of on her belly/armpit. There is a giant cyst that wasn’t...

Hi everyone, I've been an avid reader of TGPF for a few years now and appreciate all your content so much! I really need to crowdsource some opinions/experiences regarding renal failure in piggies please as my pig Wilf (4yrs 8 months old) has been ill for the past month. Apologies in advance...

hi everyone! long post sorry: i’ve just had a horrible experience trimming my girls nails :’( i’m usually quite good with her! we took our girls to the vet for first time nail trim as we were too nervous & wanted to watch someone else so it - she said one of our girls has naturally long talons...

I’ve previously posted about Bobby being poorly and therefore irritable with his cage mate Beans. We separated them when Bobby went for him, which I now realise was a mistake. They were just two weeks into their bonding and up until that point it had gone so well. We did put Bobby’s behaviour...

Hi, I’m not sure if this is the right thread to post this in so my apologies if it’s not. Anyway, we got one male guinea pig from a pet store 5 months ago (he seemed pretty young) then 2 weeks later we went to get a bonding service done and we found another male match (according to the rescue...

Hello, Just under a year ago we adopted a Boar (about 2-3 years old) called Bob from my partner's sister. For a few months he was really coming out of his shell like we've never seen before but we always thought he looked a bit lonely. So after some research and asking someone at Pets at Home...

We bought two male 8 month old pigs around two months ago as they were adoption ones in Pets At Home. Up until now they’ve been fine; cuddling and playing. Yesterday morning we woke up to find one (Blueberry) hiding in the hay rack away from the other (Mr Muffin). I took him out to find out his...

I went on vacation for seven days, and left my guinea pigs with a pet sitter. We gave them in a slightly smaller cage, since the other couldn’t fit in the car. I gave him instruction on feeding, cleaning, etc.. When we came back, we had dinner with them. In the middle of dinner Cinnamon started...

for the past couple of weeks, I've been introducing my new Skinny boy (few months old) to my one year old guinea pig. They've been housed separately but because they had previously been doing so well, I was actually considering housing them together in the next few weeks... That is until...

Hi :D I'm new to the forum but writing in desperation in the hope someone can help us out as our past herd was a group of females and have never experienced this before! Little back story, around one year ago we adopted a pair of bonded boars Dan and Darwin (brothers), who were at the time...

my two boys pickle (12 months) and sparky (12 months) we’re bonded really well when I got them. Ever since my desexed female (mocha, 6 months) arrived my boys have gotten aggressive to eachother. Constantly they would chitter their teeth and attack eachother. To me sparky is protective over...

Hi guys, I’m a first time guinea pig owner, and am really needing advice on what to do with my boars. So my little brother lost interest in his guinea pig (it’s mate died shortly before) and I took on ownership. Mako is about a year old, and I bought 2 four month old boars as companions. I did...

Hello, so my one piggie lost her cage mate hermione coming on 5 months now. We are very saddened by her death. But we got Luna the on piggie left a cage mate and Luna hates Maggie the new one she made her bleed today I have tried everything and Luna it's getting more clingy to me and Maggie...

Hello, I am a new at owning guinea pigs and i had gotten my first one last year. He was an unknown age adult male guinea pig and i love him to bits. Yesterday i bought a 6 week old in hopes that he would have a friend. Today i put them in a neutral area as a play date to see their temperament...

Hello! I have owned three sows for two years and adopted a lone male Guinea pig from a rescue a few months ago. I got him neutered and he lived side by side with the sows for 6 weeks. I finally introduced him (on neutral terroritory) to the sows and apart from the odd rumble they all got on...

I have had my four month old Monty for two months now. Him and Alan (approximately 18 months) had been getting on fine, a few fall outs but nothing too bad and no actual fighting. I got home from work today and they seemed to be fine, then the next thing I saw was them both, jumped about a foot...

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum. I own five young male guinea pigs. Two of them, I just adopted yesterday. And since I adopted them, two of my older guinea pigs have been fighting non-stop! One of them even managed to draw blood overnight. I have separated them for now and am taking the...