Doeylicious
Adult Guinea Pig
I am a very tired Doeylicious (and should probably be in bed) as it's been a busy day with the piggies today!
After a trip to B&Q for floor tiles and P@H for my new hutch for the intended herd, we set everything up for the following intended bondings:
Bruno (neutered boar) and Muffin and Crumpet (pair of sows from Bramley Cavies)
JoJo and Bounty (neutered boar and young sow) with Whiskey, Noodles, Honey and Tulip (quartet of sows aged 5, 5, 6 months and about 3 months respectively)
With ballpits/giant run, hay, loads of veg and covered areas at the ready, off we went.
First the trio. Bruno hasn't been with other guineas for a while as he was recovering from his op and then Muffin got the squits, so he was hugely excited and squirting all over the place - he got poor Muffin in the eye at one point! He was a good boy tho and when asked to naff off did so, preferring to find the food than keep at it. Every half hour or so he would have another go and there would be a bit of commotion, but in general it wasn't overly eventful - middlish between Dodge and Cherry (manic humping from Dodge for literally 2 hours non stop, Cherry is a very accepting pig thank goodness) and Bumble and Pixie (Nice to meet you, now lets eat hay and go to sleep).
Since moving them into the hutch at around 8.30pm (so they had a lot of time to get to know each other in the big space) Muffin has been a bit of a moo, she has taken refuge upstairs and won't let Bruno up and doesn't seem keen to come down, but mean old mummy has put all the food and water down there so I am sure her belly will get the better of her sometime. Crumpet is being mediator and spending time going up and down the ramp so she speaks to both of them! I am hoping Muffin is just feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all and will calm down in a couple of days, as her and Bruno were very close in the ballpit bar one tiny teeth chattering incident. Fairly sure she will be boss pig though as Bruno has backed off to any slight angriness from her - he just seems overjoyed to have friends bless him.
My name's Bruno, and I am here for the girls please! Oh and the food
Crumpet being a brave girl, both girls have settled in well but Crumpet more so
All three together, I gave in and gave them a hidey back as they kept getting under the fleece when I didn't!
Bruno and Muffin having a mid afternoon snooze
What, I like my water bowl!
For The Herd bonding, see below...
After a trip to B&Q for floor tiles and P@H for my new hutch for the intended herd, we set everything up for the following intended bondings:
Bruno (neutered boar) and Muffin and Crumpet (pair of sows from Bramley Cavies)
JoJo and Bounty (neutered boar and young sow) with Whiskey, Noodles, Honey and Tulip (quartet of sows aged 5, 5, 6 months and about 3 months respectively)
With ballpits/giant run, hay, loads of veg and covered areas at the ready, off we went.
First the trio. Bruno hasn't been with other guineas for a while as he was recovering from his op and then Muffin got the squits, so he was hugely excited and squirting all over the place - he got poor Muffin in the eye at one point! He was a good boy tho and when asked to naff off did so, preferring to find the food than keep at it. Every half hour or so he would have another go and there would be a bit of commotion, but in general it wasn't overly eventful - middlish between Dodge and Cherry (manic humping from Dodge for literally 2 hours non stop, Cherry is a very accepting pig thank goodness) and Bumble and Pixie (Nice to meet you, now lets eat hay and go to sleep).
Since moving them into the hutch at around 8.30pm (so they had a lot of time to get to know each other in the big space) Muffin has been a bit of a moo, she has taken refuge upstairs and won't let Bruno up and doesn't seem keen to come down, but mean old mummy has put all the food and water down there so I am sure her belly will get the better of her sometime. Crumpet is being mediator and spending time going up and down the ramp so she speaks to both of them! I am hoping Muffin is just feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all and will calm down in a couple of days, as her and Bruno were very close in the ballpit bar one tiny teeth chattering incident. Fairly sure she will be boss pig though as Bruno has backed off to any slight angriness from her - he just seems overjoyed to have friends bless him.
My name's Bruno, and I am here for the girls please! Oh and the food
Crumpet being a brave girl, both girls have settled in well but Crumpet more so
All three together, I gave in and gave them a hidey back as they kept getting under the fleece when I didn't!
Bruno and Muffin having a mid afternoon snooze
What, I like my water bowl!
For The Herd bonding, see below...
Muffin has actually got worse and Crumpet is joining in, we had a slightly scary teeth chattering chin up earlier, thankfully Bruno wandered off and hid in the hay. He is on his own now as they wont let him in the house, every time he goes to say hello they chase him away 
