bonding

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...

Hi, I could really do with some advice about whether of not to keep trying to find a friend for my almost 5 year old sow Puffin. Over Christmas she lost her sister Panda who she had lived with her whole life. We have since tried to bond her with a 4 year old sow, but that failed, we tried...

Good afternoon all, It's been a while! One of my guinea pigs has now passed away and i am now in the process of finding a new pig partner for my remaining pig. I found a rescue wih some baby boys which might work, i asked about bonding and their suggestion is to adopt one, split the cage in...

I’m a New Guinea pig owner and started out with just one I rescued. I’ve had him for a little over a year. A couple weeks ago I brought home another from the same situation. They had separate cages but after doing research I have worked them up to being in the same cage. Both boys. So I guess...

I adopted a lone boar about 3 - 4 weeks ago since my parents told me to get one guinea pig first. I am planning to adopt a second boar next week which is about 1.5 months old while mine is 3 months old. I am planning to put them in a 2x6 C&C cage. Do I need to quarantine the other boar or should...

Hi all, posting in a new (hopefully correct) thread, apologies if not! We have just taken in Misty a beautiful 10m Abyssinian rescue, to hopefully make a new pair with Miles our 2yr neutered boar after he sadly lost his brother Husky. We have read and read the bonding guidelines (thank you so...

Hello, I've been trying to bond more with my guinea pigs by reading to them in a soft smooth voice to not scare them during playtime, they seem to be interested and look like they're listening to me while they eat their veggies but I just wanted to know if this is a good idea and if I should...

We had two guinea pigs, 2 girls. 1 died then we got a neutered boy. The rescue shelter said his temperament and age would be a good fit. Introduced them slowly over 6 weeks since boy was recently neutered and it was the advice given, scent swapping and so on. Had them in the same room but...

First I’ll just provide a link to my previous Guinea pig URI, Vicks, just need some comport. In short, I got my Piglet at 4 weeks old and she came home with a URI. She is now approx. 13 weeks old. After taking advice from this forum, I decided against getting her a friend knowing that she was...

I’ve had my two Guinea pigs mocha and latte for two days now and they settling in really well there exploring the cage and weeking and will take food from my hand even smaller pieces like pea flakes and there let me pet them for a little so I was wondering when I should start doing floor time is...

I have Chavela (1.5 years old, darker brown) and my yet-to-be-named piggie (almost a year, light brown). I’ve been trying to bond for about 4 months. At the first meet they were doing pretty good for the first 20 minutes but then I had to separate them. I put them in a split cage so they can...