Mikknu
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi there guys. This may be a stupid question, but I'm going to ask it anyways.
I've become heavily obsessed with scouring the internet for guinea pigs in my area, due to... well, me being me. Also because I'm being forced to sell my beloved aquarium, but that's neither here nor there. At one of the shelters within 200 miles of me, a bunch of guinea pigs were just rescued from someone who just rampantly let their guinea pigs breed. There are a variety of males and females, of differing ages, and it isn't listed as to who are siblings, who's not, and so on.
I was wondering, is it safe to adopt two different young guinea pigs, males or females, and just... put them together in a cage? From what I've read that doesn't SEEM like the case, but I really can't tell all the cuties apart.
In another example, for those people who just pick two random guinea pigs from a pet store(which I'm really hoping to avoid, everyone I've talked to says their guinea pigs had mites as a kid ), is it safe for those two random girls or boys to be put together right from the get go?
I've become heavily obsessed with scouring the internet for guinea pigs in my area, due to... well, me being me. Also because I'm being forced to sell my beloved aquarium, but that's neither here nor there. At one of the shelters within 200 miles of me, a bunch of guinea pigs were just rescued from someone who just rampantly let their guinea pigs breed. There are a variety of males and females, of differing ages, and it isn't listed as to who are siblings, who's not, and so on.
I was wondering, is it safe to adopt two different young guinea pigs, males or females, and just... put them together in a cage? From what I've read that doesn't SEEM like the case, but I really can't tell all the cuties apart.
In another example, for those people who just pick two random guinea pigs from a pet store(which I'm really hoping to avoid, everyone I've talked to says their guinea pigs had mites as a kid ), is it safe for those two random girls or boys to be put together right from the get go?