Kerry747
New Born Pup
Please could someone give me some advice regarding bonding pigs!
I have 4 male Guinea Pigs -
We adopted Bubba 3 months later and tried to bond all 3 but Bernard and Bubba were butting heads for dominancy. We have followed all the standard advice on the internet, e.g. putting their cages next to each other, scent swapping, introducing them in a large neutral environment etc but they fought every time.
Unfortunately Papa Gambo had cancer and we had to have him put to sleep a few weeks ago.
Bernard was obviously heart broken without his little friend so we bought Piggie Smalls and Gaston for some company (we only intended on taking 1 pig home but they were both so cute and the last ones left so we ended up with both!)
We have tried all 4 pigs together and Bubba, Gaston and Piggie Smalls are fine but Bernard is now even more aggressive with Bubba as he is obviously the dominant one with the little pigs, so we have given up on the hope of all 4 living together now : (
Would it be cruel to separate Gaston and Piggie Smalls and leave one with Bernard and put one with Bubba? They would be in cages next to each other so they could still talk to each other and sniff each other, or would that make it worse?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
I have 4 male Guinea Pigs -
- Bernard is a 7 month old Silkie who we bought from a pet shop 4 months ago.
- Bubba is a Skinny Pig who is around 2 years old, we adopted him about 5 weeks ago.
- Gaston and Piggie Smalls are brothers around 3 months old who we adopted 2 weeks ago.
We adopted Bubba 3 months later and tried to bond all 3 but Bernard and Bubba were butting heads for dominancy. We have followed all the standard advice on the internet, e.g. putting their cages next to each other, scent swapping, introducing them in a large neutral environment etc but they fought every time.
Unfortunately Papa Gambo had cancer and we had to have him put to sleep a few weeks ago.
Bernard was obviously heart broken without his little friend so we bought Piggie Smalls and Gaston for some company (we only intended on taking 1 pig home but they were both so cute and the last ones left so we ended up with both!)
We have tried all 4 pigs together and Bubba, Gaston and Piggie Smalls are fine but Bernard is now even more aggressive with Bubba as he is obviously the dominant one with the little pigs, so we have given up on the hope of all 4 living together now : (
Would it be cruel to separate Gaston and Piggie Smalls and leave one with Bernard and put one with Bubba? They would be in cages next to each other so they could still talk to each other and sniff each other, or would that make it worse?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!