Hey everyone. I joined up because I am in desperate need of advice so I hope somebody can help with driving me into the right direction.
A few days ago my little angel Biscuit sadly passed away. I was, and still am, devastated by the loss as Biscuit had always felt like my pet “soul mate” if that makes sense.
His cagemate, Rolo, is now on his own. They were bought at the same time from the same group so I’ve always just called them brothers because they’ve been together from the start.
As Biscuit was passing we let Rolo see him one last time as a way of hoping he would understand his brothers time was up but Rolo didn’t really want anything to do with him at the time. In fact, Rolo tried to sit on Biscuits face multiple times (whether that was to finish him off because Rolo has always been dominate piggy and likes others to know or was some sort of guinea pig thing I’m not up to date with I’m not sure?)
Anyway! Flash forward to now... Rolo seems fine. He’s acting normal and doing his thing. We’re not sure if maybe it’s too soon for him to understand that his brother isn’t coming back. My problem is that I know Guinea Pigs are social animals and sooner or later I’ll need to find Rolo a new friend but I’m just uncertain as to when is best?
Personally, I’m not sure I can handle looking for another soon because I am still grieving and even seeing Biscuits usually spots where he lay makes me cry. I also don’t want to introduce a new piggy to Rolo too fast, who at the minute, still might not understand what’s happened. I’m just very lost on the right way to do things at this time. And as I mentioned before, Rolo is a very dominate piggy, so I’m not too sure how he will handle someone other thBiscuit showing up as Biscuit seemed to be the only pig he would tolerate.
I hope this made sense, my head still is a bit all over the place after Biscuits passing but I hope some of you understand what I’m trying to ask here!
A few days ago my little angel Biscuit sadly passed away. I was, and still am, devastated by the loss as Biscuit had always felt like my pet “soul mate” if that makes sense.
His cagemate, Rolo, is now on his own. They were bought at the same time from the same group so I’ve always just called them brothers because they’ve been together from the start.
As Biscuit was passing we let Rolo see him one last time as a way of hoping he would understand his brothers time was up but Rolo didn’t really want anything to do with him at the time. In fact, Rolo tried to sit on Biscuits face multiple times (whether that was to finish him off because Rolo has always been dominate piggy and likes others to know or was some sort of guinea pig thing I’m not up to date with I’m not sure?)
Anyway! Flash forward to now... Rolo seems fine. He’s acting normal and doing his thing. We’re not sure if maybe it’s too soon for him to understand that his brother isn’t coming back. My problem is that I know Guinea Pigs are social animals and sooner or later I’ll need to find Rolo a new friend but I’m just uncertain as to when is best?
Personally, I’m not sure I can handle looking for another soon because I am still grieving and even seeing Biscuits usually spots where he lay makes me cry. I also don’t want to introduce a new piggy to Rolo too fast, who at the minute, still might not understand what’s happened. I’m just very lost on the right way to do things at this time. And as I mentioned before, Rolo is a very dominate piggy, so I’m not too sure how he will handle someone other thBiscuit showing up as Biscuit seemed to be the only pig he would tolerate.
I hope this made sense, my head still is a bit all over the place after Biscuits passing but I hope some of you understand what I’m trying to ask here!
