bonding

Following my initial thread, which can be found here... I have now reached a stage where bonding is finally going to happen soon. First the boar had to be 6 months before neutering could be done, then I was told by the vet that he had to be at least 1kg, because otherwise there could be...

i bought a guinea pig from the pet store (nugget) to bond with my guinea pig i already owned (penny). the pet store sold me a pregnant pig so they lived together for two months before nugget gave birth. i had to separate them after nugget gave birth so she could nurse her pups and let them grow...

Good morning all hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend. So in my previous post/thread there had been a none visable fighting episode between Mr Gibbs and Sylvio my two skinny pig boars I had gathered there had been a fight as there was scratches on mainly Sylvio and what looked like...

Hi all, first time poster so unsure if this is the right thread? I have 2 boys (Gideon and Rossi) they were bought together and I was told that they were from the same litter. Their relationship has never been the best with teeth chattering etc but they have never got into fights until recently...

Hello, I have been trying to find a friend for my male (~2.5 year old) piggie, Casper. I found a sweet/troublemaker skinny pig and they did fairly well with introductions at the shelter, so we decided to try a foster-to-adopt. I started slow, switching dishes and hideouts then put them together...

I have 2 boys, had one for about 2 years(Approx 2yrs old), and one i recently picked up about 3 months ago(Approx 1yr old). Tried to bond them, seemed okay at first, then they started to get more aggressive, so we stopped. They have been living separated but close for most of their time...

Hi, I have 4 guinea pigs (Blossom, Totoro, Bilbo and Ponyo). Blossom, Totoro, and Bilbo are almost 6 months old. We don't know the age of Ponyo, but we know he is an adult and at least 1 year old. At first, we had two guinea pigs that came from different places and that we had bonded, their...

Hi! I'm hoping to get some insight into how things are actually going with two adolescent boar skinny pigs! We started with a 6 month old boar named Baldwin who, after some time in his new home, really flourished. But it became very clear that he needed a friend to love with! After searching for...

I have two female piggies, one is just under 2 years old and one is about 2 months old. I'd like to try and bond them but I could use some advice. I've had the older one for about 6 weeks and the younger one for about 2 weeks. How long should I wait until I try and introduce them to each other...

I’m getting another female for the one I already have, and I need tips with bonding. I’ve watched videos on guinea pig bondings on little adventures and AlyssanPets, but I don’t know how my guinea pig will react as sadly shes been alone most of her life. Is there any way I can prepare my guinea...

Okay so i have a 8month old and a 7week old male. Ive waited 2 days till the baby gets settled. I'm wanting to bond them and have them together. Ive been watching all YouTube videos i can before i do so. I just wanna know am i making the right choice as I'm scared the older male will hurt the...

today i introduced my younger guinea pig (gnocchi) with an older one (doppio) (both females, a few months between age difference) and it went well! there were some dominance behaviors given by doppio and a little struggle with taking each other’s food, but they both eventually calmed down with...

hi everybody! i have been thinking about getting another guinea pig to bond with my two females, preferably a female since i wouldn’t want any mistakes as in being told a male is neutered and he’s not! i got my two from pets at home since i wasn’t really aware of the downsides then, i’ve been...

Hi everyone. We sadly lost one of our girl guinea pigs at only 5 months old and having only had her for five weeks. We were devastated and wanted to make sure her little friend had a companion as soon as possible. We've been bonding her slowly with another female who we are told is a month...

hey everyone i’m new to this (i think i’m using this right). so i have 4 MALE guinea pigs all living in 1 cage (3x6) it’s really big and they all used to get along perfectly until recently. 2 of them are over a year old and the other 2 are around 7 months old. the bonding process took a while...

Sorry in advance for the long post! I posted here a few months ago about how my boy Rico passed away suddenly and I panicked and adopted 2 boys for his friend Kip. It literally happened on the same day because I was so distraught about Kip being lonely for any amount of time at all and just...

Okay we have been bonding for going on 3 hours now. Peppa (the white one) is kind of splayed out with her eyes closed which I know means she is comfortable. However whenever Echo (they grey one) moves Peppa is still nipping at her. Even if Echo is just sitting there eating sometimes Peppa Will...

Hi everybody, I’ve been checking out this forum for advice for the past 2 years ever since I got my first guinea pig, Wilbur. Unfortunately, on the 22nd, and on my 20th birthday too, my sweet girl had to be put down after suffering from what I believe was a stroke, neither the vet and I were...

It seems our boar issues are never-ending. After the passing of one of our boys a year ago, we sent our remaining boy (prawn) to go dating at a local rescue centre. He came away paired with a lovely big boss boy (goose). They’ve been together 4 months now and until recently got on fine. Goose...

Good evening everyone 🙂, Hopefully someone can shed some light on if this behaviour is establishing hierarchy or if it’s fighting/ unable to bond. One of my Guinea boars passed away a couple weeks ago which left my one sow pretty lonely and she was obviously missing him. I was lucky to have...