new piggie

Hello everyone:) I want to introduce the newest member of my piggie family her name is French Toast and she is gonna be the cage mate for my piggie rouge who was left alone due to the loss of River (once she’s done with her quarantine). (the cage she is in is my temp cage for her quarantine!)

I’ve had my piggies for about a month now (I rescued them from a shelter and they are both about 5 months old) and at first things were progressing at a steady rate. I didn’t hold them or try to touch them for the first few days, and they started eating out of my hand very quickly. When I...

So I just took on a new baby (probably 8 or so weeks? Super tiny) and I popped her into a pen (not the cage so neutral ground) My female is totally chill, eating hay and ignoring everyone but my neutered male is rumbling and chasing the baby - I know it’s normal to establish dominance but how...

Hi, so 2 days ago I got a new lady guinea pig. Her old family couldn't have her anymore as their kid was alergic to her, so they gave her to me. She is one year old now and was living alone. Because I already have one guinea pig at home (she's two years old) and her friend died a few months ago...

I’ve got 4 girls and I adopted another girl today who’s roughly two months old, they’re all on the floor in open space to bond and the most dominant one dougal, keeps going after her and teeth chattering, raising on her back legs slightly and showing her teeth. is this normal or does it mean...

Sadly I recently lost one of my 2 boars (his name is rumble). We have no idea why he died. It left the one boar on his own, (named squeak), so we needed to get him another for company. He perked up after a few days and started getting on with his life. We have adopted another boar (cookie), that...

Hi everyone, I got my two guinea pigs close to a month ago at 9 weeks old. Since I’ve had them they really haven’t been making much progress and I’m worried they’re unhappy and what more I can do :no: I have two baby brothers in a big hutch style cage with a run, lots of hides, tunnels, chew...

Hi! I'm new here, i adopted 2 guinea pigs, they're brothers and they're always been together, they get along pretty well and they have fun together, but like a week ago i adopted their father and the introduction was going pretty well they were even sharing the cage and everything without...

I have just gotten a new guinea pig today and he seems completely healthy behavior wise, but when I was letting him run around in a pen by himself for a bit I noticed a little black patch right above his butt/lower back area. It seems like a scab and I tried pulling it off and it didn't bother...

Hi, new to the piggie parenting. I have had my guinea pig for 5 days now. He is a year and a half old black Abyssinian. The past 4 days I’ve given him food by hand (carrots, salads, pepper, hay) and he comes back to the cage door for more from me and I’ve done floor time. I take the wire part of...

hello all! i just got my little boy caramel a friend! his name is chocolate and i'll be posting pictures later. my question is, i have the midwest 8 sq ft cage. i work today and tomorrow and can't be around for bonding (plus, chocolate has to settle in for 24-48 hours). is this good enough for...

hello all! i got a new piggie today to be a buddy for my bootsy, but when i went to pick him up, the cage he was in had NO timothy hay whatsoever. just pellets and water. the pigs were all healthy and plump, so it's not looking like they were starving. the boy i picked out ate some pellets on...

hello all! today, i decided to pick up a second guinea pig. his name is caramel! i'm in love with him already! he's a baby, about 1 month old. he's just so precious! give him lots of love in the thread EDITED BY A MODERATOR

hello all! it's me again, bootsy's loving momma! i'm here to talk about his new buddy i'm getting. i looked up some guinea pig breeders/rescues near me and found this lovely litter of baby show piggies! do you guys think breeders are a humane place to get piggies from? the piggies i'm going...

so i got a baby piggie a few days ago. i let him sit for the first two days or so, and so now i've started to take out his hiding things once a day so i can pick him up and hold him. i figure he probably won't voluntarily come out on his own so i have to take the hides out to bond with him. i...

I just got a guinea pig a couple days ago and found out about 3 hours after I got him, that when I lightly scratch his back he purrs. theres a video here for you guys to analyze. is he happy with the scratches, or is he angry? also please give me tips on how to make him feel comfortable and...

On Thursday, we lost Toast, which was a big shock for both me and Beans. She was four years old, and showed no signs of illness. We needed to get Beans a new friend as she was showing signs of boredom and a bit sad :( So we went and found Pudding! She’s adorable, and she’s going to bring so...