Tallulah
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi. Am still attempting to solve my "five piggies in separate hutches wouldn't it be nicer if we could all just get on" issue...
I had a thought. I remember from years gone by when we bred the occasional litter (which we don't now) that we had two females that would not get on. Someone recommended adding male and theyd happily cohabit, since the male is the dominant character. The person who advised us had tried this many times all with a no squabble success rate. We tried this and it was successful.
I've been thinking therefore about getting one of my boars neutered and trying this again. Since neutering doesn't seem to affect male behaviour, I'm assuming this would still work. However, Humphrey is a sensitive soul, and Hector's getting on a smidge so I'm concerned about the op. Which brought me to my plan..... What about an already neutered boar who may be homeles in need of a loveing home? Thus I solve my hutching problem and my desperate urge to home more piggies in one go, and give a recue piggy a home....
I thought this seems a fine idea, if it doesn't work I have at worst six hutches instead of five (once you get to five on more to clean out isn't so much more) and at best three hutches! I reckon I could fashion a mesh style divide to give the boys company together, and have the happy clan in another hutch.... Either way a piggy would find a loving home.
It seems a bit too easy. Thought I'd post and see i there were any suggestions...
I had a thought. I remember from years gone by when we bred the occasional litter (which we don't now) that we had two females that would not get on. Someone recommended adding male and theyd happily cohabit, since the male is the dominant character. The person who advised us had tried this many times all with a no squabble success rate. We tried this and it was successful.
I've been thinking therefore about getting one of my boars neutered and trying this again. Since neutering doesn't seem to affect male behaviour, I'm assuming this would still work. However, Humphrey is a sensitive soul, and Hector's getting on a smidge so I'm concerned about the op. Which brought me to my plan..... What about an already neutered boar who may be homeles in need of a loveing home? Thus I solve my hutching problem and my desperate urge to home more piggies in one go, and give a recue piggy a home....
I thought this seems a fine idea, if it doesn't work I have at worst six hutches instead of five (once you get to five on more to clean out isn't so much more) and at best three hutches! I reckon I could fashion a mesh style divide to give the boys company together, and have the happy clan in another hutch.... Either way a piggy would find a loving home.
It seems a bit too easy. Thought I'd post and see i there were any suggestions...
