Hi all, this looks like a friendly board who won't mind answering my questions! I confess to not knowing much about piggys except what I have researched on the web. Basically, I have aquired a male guinea pig that somebody had not treated well. He was left in his hutch all the time in a back bedroom and didn't seem to have been handled much, if at all. He appears healthy, is 6 months old and is semi long haired. I am in the process of finding a suitable vet to check him over. I am reasonably sure he has not been neutered as he was a lone piggy. Naturally, he is very very timid and I am settling him in slowly. I have read that piggies do much better if they have a companion, but I am unsure if this will upset him more and also, if he hasn't been neutered, how will it go if I get a neutered female (say from a resue home). Will he still try to erm annoy her? Any advice on settling him in etc would be much appreciated!
Fiona
Fiona