Hi all,
I have posted before about my two teenage boars who were rescues (I think we are their third owners) and who promptly fell out after we brought them home. I think a big part of the reason they fell out was due to a lack of space as we were sadly very ill informed about the size of habitat needed for them. A few months on and they are living in their own spaces next to each other so they can still interact. Eugene seems more than happy on his own but it’s becoming clear that Eddie is not coping and I really do not know what to do. I have been in touch with a local rescue who do bonding and they told me that if we were to get Eddie a friend, eugene would need one too and that once they are bonded the two pairs would need to be living away from each other so as not to disturb the bonds. I don’t really want 4 Guinea-pigs and we don’t have the space for bigger cages or placing them across a room for each other. The other option is to rehome one of our boys and get a friend for the other but we love them so much I don’t think we could do it.
In an ideal world we would be able to get the boys to like each other again and get one big c&c which they could both wander in and out of as they please (they have the run of our front room and kitchen but have to go out in shifts because they don’t get on) - would this ever be possible? Eddie is desperate for eugene’s attention but eugene barely looks at him and there is some teeth chattering through the bars from time to time. Is it worth giving it a go and would a bonding service be able to help?
Thank you xx
I have posted before about my two teenage boars who were rescues (I think we are their third owners) and who promptly fell out after we brought them home. I think a big part of the reason they fell out was due to a lack of space as we were sadly very ill informed about the size of habitat needed for them. A few months on and they are living in their own spaces next to each other so they can still interact. Eugene seems more than happy on his own but it’s becoming clear that Eddie is not coping and I really do not know what to do. I have been in touch with a local rescue who do bonding and they told me that if we were to get Eddie a friend, eugene would need one too and that once they are bonded the two pairs would need to be living away from each other so as not to disturb the bonds. I don’t really want 4 Guinea-pigs and we don’t have the space for bigger cages or placing them across a room for each other. The other option is to rehome one of our boys and get a friend for the other but we love them so much I don’t think we could do it.
In an ideal world we would be able to get the boys to like each other again and get one big c&c which they could both wander in and out of as they please (they have the run of our front room and kitchen but have to go out in shifts because they don’t get on) - would this ever be possible? Eddie is desperate for eugene’s attention but eugene barely looks at him and there is some teeth chattering through the bars from time to time. Is it worth giving it a go and would a bonding service be able to help?
Thank you xx