4 Males Together?

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Poppy Davis

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Last year i got 4 male guinea pigs and they got on fine. However, about 5 months after i got them, Juno started to viciously attack the others. I separated him from the other three and rehomed him with my friends solo guinea. They got on great but a couple of weeks ago, their guinea died so i now have juno back and I'm not quite sure what to do. I heard that just having three male piggies together is really rare, let alone four! So i really dont want to end up break up the trio while trying to bond Juno with them again. But i dont think its fair for him to be on his own. Does anyone have any suggestions? Please help!
 
Last year i got 4 male guinea pigs and they got on fine. However, about 5 months after i got them, Juno started to viciously attack the others. I separated him from the other three and rehomed him with my friends solo guinea. They got on great but a couple of weeks ago, their guinea died so i now have juno back and I'm not quite sure what to do. I heard that just having three male piggies together is really rare, let alone four! So i really dont want to end up break up the trio while trying to bond Juno with them again. But i dont think its fair for him to be on his own. Does anyone have any suggestions? Please help!

Hi! I would definitely NOT try to re-introduce Juno to your working trio! Rather consider keeping him alongside the others with interaction through the bars or eventually getting him his own, ideally character compatible mate.

If you can get to Windhwistle Warren near Cheltenham as your closing experienced guinea pig rescue that offers boar dating at the rescue, you can avoid ending up with another dysfunctional boar bond as you come home with a new companion only if they click and always have the rescue to fall back on if things go wrong at some point. The Blue Cross at Burford is another good rescue in your area, but they do not offer dating for single guinea pigs.
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The only working and stable quartets I know of are elderly boars whose testosterone has mostly fizzled out or groups that consist of disabled and carer companions and that have completely different dynamics to normal boar groups.

Boar trios are great if they work out, but the vast majority baby trios end up with a separation and even a mix of ages can be very difficult to balance out personality-wise. If you have a functional trio, I would not risk upsetting the apple cart under any circumstances; if you are unlucky, you can end up with three or even four single boars that won't get on with any of the others!
 
Hi! I would definitely NOT try to re-introduce Juno to your working trio! Rather consider keeping him alongside the others with interaction through the bars or eventually getting him his own, ideally character compatible mate.

If you can get to Windhwistle Warren near Cheltenham as your closing experienced guinea pig rescue that offers boar dating at the rescue, you can avoid ending up with another dysfunctional boar bond as you come home with a new companion only if they click and always have the rescue to fall back on if things go wrong at some point. The Blue Cross at Burford is another good rescue in your area, but they do not offer dating for single guinea pigs.
Welcome | Windwhistle Warren or Windwhistle Warren Rabbit and Guinea Pig Rescue, Gloucestershire | Facebook

The only working and stable quartets I know of are elderly boars whose testosterone has mostly fizzled out or groups that consist of disabled and carer companions and that have completely different dynamics to normal boar groups.

Boar trios are great if they work out, but the vast majority baby trios end up with a separation and even a mix of ages can be very difficult to balance out personality-wise. If you have a functional trio, I would not risk upsetting the apple cart under any circumstances; if you are unlucky, you can end up with three or even four single boars that won't get on with any of the others!
Thank you so much! I will look into it :)
 
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