Freya1234
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hi all,
Unfortunately only this morning I lost Smokey my 6 year old pig, leaving Winston alone. I had already decided when Smokey was ill I want to get Winston some girlfriends since he’s neutered and I’d like to expand the guinea pig family!
Since it took almost 6 weeks for me to manage to find and arrange getting Winston after I lost Smudge and it being new years I assumed it may be similar again this time in finding him some new friends, so clearly very prematurely filled out an adoption form earlier and they have called me to say they have a female pair I can look at so I am going to see them tomorrow. This has happened a lot quicker than I expected and does feel way too soon for me however I am trying to put Winston’s need for company first, since he’s a very outgoing piggie who clearly thrives in company- another reason why I swiftly made an enquiry.
I wanted to ask if adding a male guinea pig (1yrs) to a bonded pair of females (2/3yrs) is possible or if this is likely to end in disaster?
On a side note very interestingly after we’d taken Smokey out of the cage to bury him we sat with Winston for a bit who is hiding but he appeared in the doorway of his little house and started chirping! I know this is quite uncommon and the reason is usually unknown but I wonder if he was doing it trying to call for some guinea pigs since he felt a bit nervous and uneasy now he’s by himself.
Unfortunately only this morning I lost Smokey my 6 year old pig, leaving Winston alone. I had already decided when Smokey was ill I want to get Winston some girlfriends since he’s neutered and I’d like to expand the guinea pig family!
Since it took almost 6 weeks for me to manage to find and arrange getting Winston after I lost Smudge and it being new years I assumed it may be similar again this time in finding him some new friends, so clearly very prematurely filled out an adoption form earlier and they have called me to say they have a female pair I can look at so I am going to see them tomorrow. This has happened a lot quicker than I expected and does feel way too soon for me however I am trying to put Winston’s need for company first, since he’s a very outgoing piggie who clearly thrives in company- another reason why I swiftly made an enquiry.
I wanted to ask if adding a male guinea pig (1yrs) to a bonded pair of females (2/3yrs) is possible or if this is likely to end in disaster?
On a side note very interestingly after we’d taken Smokey out of the cage to bury him we sat with Winston for a bit who is hiding but he appeared in the doorway of his little house and started chirping! I know this is quite uncommon and the reason is usually unknown but I wonder if he was doing it trying to call for some guinea pigs since he felt a bit nervous and uneasy now he’s by himself.
