new pigs

Hi, this is my first post and I joined as I am relatively new to keeping guinea pigs. My family and I were gifted 2 6 month old bonded males. An American Short haired (Geoff) an English crested (Boris) and we have just successfully introduced a new long haired 12 week old male (Gizmo) Geoff and...

Hi! I've recently been lucky enough to rehome two adorable sow piggies from my local rescue as companions to my 4 1/2 bereaved sow Jasmine. The two new piggies have only been here for a couple of days, but they're already super confident: taking food from my hand and popcorning. They were looked...

Hi, We got two baby boars yesterday, I think they are roughly 10 weeks old. The farm we got them from said to give them an egg cup full of dry food a day, and then a couple of pieces of vegetables every 2-3 days. It doesn't like enough to me, so wanted to check if that was right? On the...

Hi guys! I wasn't sure where to post this, but I just got my piggies about 5 days ago & I'm worried about their eating habits. I got them from a shelter, so I didn't get much information on what foods they had been eating. I know piggies need 80% hay, some veggies, and maybe some pellets. I just...

Hi I want to ask if anyone can help me I would like to house my two male piggies inside in my room. I have asked my parents about but they said no because they "will smell and their meant to be outside. I want to know if this is true so I can change my parents minds? Please help thank you so...

So I got two Guinea Pigs yesterday, they are sisters. I handled one today, Parsnip, and she was happy to be out of the cage, however upon Parsnip leaving, Raisin began running around and biting on the cage, so I put Parsnip back in. I am worried however as Raisin has been what seems to be...

Hi there, I'm thinking about getting 2 piggies next month and want to build a home for them. My last guinea pig lived on his own indoors and had a plastic cage and metal run but i want to try making my own one and have found some pretty good ideas on pintrest etc! The thing I'm struggling to find...

Hello everyone, I brought my three rescue piggies home a couple of days ago and they've started to settle. Since they're not hiding constantly now like when they first got home, they've started to show some behaviours that I'm a little concerned about. The least concerning is one of my girls...

We need some of your opinions on a little problem I have, Basically, I own two male pigs who live in a 3x2 at the moment, about two weeks ago they had to be separated, due to dominance issues, but soon to be re bonded hopefully and put into a 6x2 c&c cage My mums friend owns guineapigs and is...

Hello. I have an around 4-5 year old guinea pig that has been alone for most her life, but not all. Most of my guinea pigs have always had an "older sister" when the older one dies after a while we get a new one and put them together. Being naive, we just let them play on the floor together and...