Storm1974
Junior Guinea Pig
So yesterday morning our darling Bracken died, leaving his brother alone, but you wouldn't know it. Bramble has been bounding up and down the cage as he usually does, eating tonnes like he usually does, and pop corning when it's new hay time! Him and his brother weren't extremely close and Bramble was always whinging at his brother to 'leave him' alone when Bracken used to rumble strutt at him (Which he did a lot!). But we're still surprised that he doesn't seem to be missing his brother at all and just being his totally normal self, even though, on the other hand, we'd rather he was behaving like this than being all depressed and not eating!
But do you think that this behaviour means that he's now happy being on his own and he won't want any other Guinea Pig friends? We really hope this isn't the case, because for us personally, it's horrible just seeing one social animal on their own in a cage, and also, of course, we do want to have more than one piggie! I also think of the days when we are out for hours, or at night when we're in bed and he's all alone, surely he won't like it forever?
But do you think that this behaviour means that he's now happy being on his own and he won't want any other Guinea Pig friends? We really hope this isn't the case, because for us personally, it's horrible just seeing one social animal on their own in a cage, and also, of course, we do want to have more than one piggie! I also think of the days when we are out for hours, or at night when we're in bed and he's all alone, surely he won't like it forever?