bonding

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...

I’m currently attempting to bond an already bonded pair of sows with my lone girl. After lots of teeth chattering, rumbling, a few lunges and and chasing, all three are finally settled. But I’m worried as it did seem quite aggressive. Can I just leave the three of them together now? Or do they...

Hey everyone, I have a question that I'm struggling to find the answer to. I read that it is highly discouraged for a female guinea pig to live with 2 unneutered male guinea pigs as if the female were to pregnant, it would cause a lot of problems. However, my boys are just older than 4 (meaning...

hi everyone, unfortunately my beloved hugo crossed the rainbow bridge about 6 weeks ago. it was very sudden and unexpected and he left behind his brother milo. milo coped surprisingly well with his death. i discovered hugo dead in the cage in the early hours of the morning and i suspect milo...

We adopted a guineapig and she ended up pregnant with a little boy. So we are attempting to find a bond for him. We neutered him and turns out he is clearly has only child syndrome and seems to be pretty opinionated. He got along with all but one girl and bullied her to the point he needed...

Hello, I recently got a new 5 week old guinea pig(cricket) and I already had a 6 month old (Poppy), I have introduced them in a neutral setting. Poppy has nipped at her, never hard enough to draw blood. She did it when she would try to take her food or go by her butt area. Poppy has started...

Our 2.5 year old female guinea pig lost its mate a few weeks ago. We have bought a baby female and kept them in separate accommodation 4 days and swapped fleecy items during this time too. We didn't do the quarantine period because the older one was bereaved. I have a few questions: 1. Now we...

So I have a general question that I need help with. My wife and I have five bonded girls that have lived together for about a year. We just recently lost one of our girls, and we ended up getting a couple boys at the pet store. This was a mistake that the pet store sold us three boys that all...

As I posted yesterday, our beloved Gus has passed away. We are taking Moe to the vet tomorrow to confirm the parasite has truly been killed off from him, because though he tested negative, something happened with Gus. They had been separated for a month prior to this happening, so we are hoping...

Hi there, I haven't owned piggies in a few years, and have never kept boys before. I recently got a 15 week old boar and then a bigger boar (the person who sold him to me claimed he was also 15 weeks but he seems a bit older to me) to live with him. They are still absolutely terrified of me, and...

Hi! I’ve been attempting to bond my recently bereaved sow Toffee with an established sow pair Tiffin and Treacle. I’ve followed the advice on the bonding thread and let them have interaction behind bars for a few days. They’ve been together for 4 hours now. There was some teeth chattering, a...