emmyk89
Junior Guinea Pig
Hey everyone!
I have never dine this before and need some tips. I have just today got a new little friend for my Barney, he is a lunkarya and he is 9 weeks old. Barney is 3 and half years. I was told by a few people that this would be the best pairing at this age. Anyway, there are no rescues near enough to me, or the one's i did email didnt have nay in and to be honest with you, i didnt want to leave Barney on his own for too long.
I have a 2 tiered cage and Melvin (i think i will call him...!) is separated away from Barney in the top, with fresh bedding, bowl, drink bottle etc, although i didnt clean the cage with disinfectent etc... Should I?
I was on the phone in my room, where my piggies are and my sister came in had a quick nosy in the cage, walked out, a minute later i heard the annoyed high pitched squeaking Barney did when Bertie my other one was pestering him/getting on his nerves and i looked and somehow he had managed to get into the top part of the cage! They WEREN'T fighting or anything and immediately I picked barney up and put him in his bit of the cage. He had his head held higher, and it happened that fast I cant really remember much else, as picked barney up straight away. He must have been there for a few minutes as my sister said that she saw Barney in the top part of the cage (but didnt know little Melvin was there too so she didnt think to tell me) I hope I havent messed the pairing up?
What should be my next step in introducing them to each other? I have heard bathing the youngster so his mother's scent isnt still on him or is that bol****s? Obv i dont want to cause him any distress as he's still quite a nervous little hidey pig!
He is hiding under the under cover part of the cage and hasnt really ventured out of there since I brought him back at 1ish today.
Oh and heres a few pics of thr little squishey
@)drooldrool
I have never dine this before and need some tips. I have just today got a new little friend for my Barney, he is a lunkarya and he is 9 weeks old. Barney is 3 and half years. I was told by a few people that this would be the best pairing at this age. Anyway, there are no rescues near enough to me, or the one's i did email didnt have nay in and to be honest with you, i didnt want to leave Barney on his own for too long.
I have a 2 tiered cage and Melvin (i think i will call him...!) is separated away from Barney in the top, with fresh bedding, bowl, drink bottle etc, although i didnt clean the cage with disinfectent etc... Should I?
I was on the phone in my room, where my piggies are and my sister came in had a quick nosy in the cage, walked out, a minute later i heard the annoyed high pitched squeaking Barney did when Bertie my other one was pestering him/getting on his nerves and i looked and somehow he had managed to get into the top part of the cage! They WEREN'T fighting or anything and immediately I picked barney up and put him in his bit of the cage. He had his head held higher, and it happened that fast I cant really remember much else, as picked barney up straight away. He must have been there for a few minutes as my sister said that she saw Barney in the top part of the cage (but didnt know little Melvin was there too so she didnt think to tell me) I hope I havent messed the pairing up?
What should be my next step in introducing them to each other? I have heard bathing the youngster so his mother's scent isnt still on him or is that bol****s? Obv i dont want to cause him any distress as he's still quite a nervous little hidey pig!
He is hiding under the under cover part of the cage and hasnt really ventured out of there since I brought him back at 1ish today.
Oh and heres a few pics of thr little squishey
@)drooldrool
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