Bonding

[charp]

Looking for advice with bonding my two female guinea pigs.

They were bought together and were fine with each other for a while, i found out one of the females was pregnant and with this i noticed that the pregnant pig was trying to fight/ attach the other piggy. I contact a professional and they said to separate the females which is what i did. A couple months later my pregnant pig had one little boy, he is not old enough and bonded with another boy and they’re great together. However after endless attempts at re-bonding my girls the non pregnant girl now does not like the other girl and tries to attack her. Again i read online and asked for professional advise, which i was told to give them so more time apart due to the hormones but even a few months down the line the non pregnant pig doesn’t want to get along with my other girl

i’m not sure if there’s anything else i could try or do these things just happen sometimes? they seemed to get along so well wanting to cuddle and be together all the time, they’d even squeal if i took one out and no them both at the same time!

 

[Piggies&buns]

Welcome to the forum

Sadly, once a bond breaks there is nothing you can do to fix it.
Your girls will need to live separately from each other permanently. Their cages would need to be side by side so they can interact between the bars but they unfortunately will not be able to ever share a cage together again.

 

[Wiebke]

I am very sorry. A pregnancy can unfortunately be a bond breaker for sows. We have seen this repeatedly on here. Having babies can change the status of an under-sow and she may refuse to go bck to her subservient ranking in the group.

Keep them in adjoining cages but you will have the option to have your two boars neutered in case they are falling out when your baby boy his teenage so you could have two mixed gender pairs in the long term as a long term option.

Thread 'A Closer Look At Pairs (Boars - Sows - Mixed)'

Aug 23, 2020

This guide is an article series that I have written for Guinea Pig Magazine issues 50-52 (May/July/September 2019).
It is the propriety of GPM and is being shared on here with the magazine's permission.

1 Introduction
2 Sexing Guinea pigs: Where to look and feel yourself
- Textbook pictures
- The hands-on sexing check
3 Boar Pairs
- Common misconceptions
- The tricky teenage months
- the 'Golden Boar Age'
-...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 5
• Forum: Gender & Pairings

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Thread 'Neutered / De-sexed Boars And Neutering Operations: Myths, Facts and Post-op Care'

Mar 7, 2018

Introduction
1 Neutered Boars
- Myths and facts
- When is boar neutering useful?
2 Neutering Operations
- Finding the right vet
- Operation costs
- Neutering age
- The operation
- Post-op care and recovery (with list of possible neutering complications)
- The necessary 6 weeks post-op wait
3 A Real Life Example
- How a problem-free...

• Wiebke
• Replies: 4
• Forum: Gender & Pairings

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[charp]

is bonding a neutered male and female easier or can there still be problems? am i best to just keep the boys together if we don’t have any problems during teen and at what age do you generally start seeing problems if there’s going to be with the boys?

 

[Wiebke]

is bonding a neutered male and female easier or can there still be problems? am i best to just keep the boys together if we don’t have any problems during teen and at what age do you generally start seeing problems if there’s going to be with the boys?

There can still be problems with acceptance. That is why I have brought it only up as a potential plan B in case your boar pair fails.

Please take the time to read the links in my previous post. You may find them helpful.