bond fallout

Hi all, this query is primarily about bonding but also includes some health concerns, so please direct me if I have posted this in the wrong sub! Currently, my youngest girl seems to be exhibiting symptoms of depression and is acting like she has fallen out with the herd. She has been to the...

Hi guys I need some advice I’m new to owning Guinea pigs, I got my first pair at the end of March when they were 7wks everything was fine and they got on great. Last week I decided to get another two who were 8wks and ensured they were in a separate cage to our original two (Rocket and Rory)...

Hi. So I have two pigs that I bought from a pet shop at 8 weeks old in June 2023. So I think they’re just coming up to about a year old. 2 days ago they had a BIG squabble which resulted in the quieter piggy being badly injured with a cut lip, and the other more confident piggy came out fine. I...

For several months now I've had a peaceful trio of boars. The youngest of them is three and they were all well out of hormonal phases when I got the third (Nussi) - the two first are father (Angel) and son (Storm). It's been going great up until now - no fights, barely any dominance behaviours -...

I have been doing a LOT of reading on here the last 48 hours. I have gained much information. But a few questions remain for my situation that I didn't see answers for. Background: I have a bonded pair of boars, about 10 months old. Kermit has been dominant from day one. Peanut is VERY...

so i have 3 male guinea pigs 2 5 months old 1 6 months old they have gotten along great until this morning i seen my dominate piggie beating up my other 2 no major injuries just a few miner scratches they were in a 4 x 6 cnc cage i have now separated into 2x 6 cages with my bully in one and the...

I have 3 little piggies, nugget (4 Male), coconut (1 Male) and peanut (6 months Male). There was an incident a few months ago when coconut got his ear bit and my family think that peanut may have been the culprit so now he is isolated from the other two. Peanut has never shown any aggressive...

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has some words of advice or hope that my piggies may still yet bond! I have 2 piggies, Ted and George. Ted is 3 years old and was originally with his Uncle, Monty, who passed away a couple of months ago. He was showing signs of loneliness so I bought George who...

I have three boys who have lived together without problems, since I brought home my 1 year old last july and my 5 month old in january. I have a 5 year old who has been here from the start, but surprisingly he was very lenient with the two babies coming home and had no issues with them. All of...

Hi guys! I rescued two skinny pigs from a local rescue in February. They are going to be two years old in July. I know that boys can be aggressive with each other, but I’m having a hard time determining if what I’m seeing warrants separating. One is specifically the bully, and the other never...

Alright so this might be a novel, so here’s the short of it: Pippa and Sugar came from a pet store in mid august, everything was fine, dominance seemed to be established with sugar on top, Pippa had a slight sneeze but we looked into it and it seemed only from the hay, sugar started “bullying”...

Hello, a couple weeks ago my boar and sow got into a fight that led to an ear wound. I’m sure of their genders I’ve had the sow for over a year now. She had been living with the boar for months just fine. Until I rescued two female guinea pigs and added them to the home. The boar fell into favor...

Hi, I hope you can help. 1 month ago I adopted a neutered boar (18 m) and a sow (8 m) from the RSPCA to join my trio of sows 1 is 8 m and 2 sisters at 6 months. The trio were never close but tolerated each other with the occasional squabble between the sisters. A couple of fights but no blood...

When we bought our pigs there were 3 left in their litter and we bought 2. We left the last one behind. I felt this sadness about splitting them up that never left me and my kids even named the long lost kid Coco and asked if we could find him a few times to which i replied we couldn’t So fast...

Hi all. Long time reader, first time poster. I’ll try to give details but keep it short too, I need some advice about bonding after a fight. 10/4 I adopted three female pigs that were rescued from a lady that bred them to feed to her dogs. They would join the two pigs, Cinnamon and Cookie, I...

Hi, so as you’ve seen from my recent updates the boys are now in new C and C cages (one each on top of each other- I’ll attach a picture). Both used to be happily bonded until Steve started having his flare ups of cystitis and bloating. I believe it was Steve’s illness that caused the bond...

Hello so I am still very new to the guinea pig community and owning guinea pigs. I really feel like I’m at a loss and just have no clue what to do now. I have three females that a long while back used to be bonded. However, one of them ended up getting sick and so I separated her from the group...

I have two five-year-old sows who have been bonded since they were old enough to come home. They've always gotten along without any issues. Just the occasional "in-season" nonsense. Recently, it seems the hierarchy has shifted. The dominant piggie, Lua is being attacked by the typically subdued...

So little Steve had X-rays done Sunday and no sludge or stones were found on the images. The vet said likely a case of cystitis so prescribed a course of baytril (0.28mls) for two weeks and loxicom (0.28mls). I was also given probiotics to stop the poos going runny. I've been giving this since...

Hey everyone! I have two piggies. One is about 3 months and the other is about 5. They were hesitate to like each other at first but are now the best of friends. They do everything together. I got the 3 month old first and didn’t get the second until after she was off of her medicine because I...