I Would Like Some Advice About How To Reconecct My Two Male Guinea Pigs

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i had to seprate them once they hit puberty they they fought and drew blood so i have had them in seprate cages they have been seprated for a while now i would like to rebound them because i read that at around 18 months there male hormones slow down and they are almost 20 months so i would like to try and get them back together any advice would be aprecitatted thank you
 
As they have drawn blood I would not try to bond them again. It sounds like they do not like each other. It is such a shame when piggies fall out.
 
Could you not try finding them each a new friend there are so many lone piggies in rescues crying out for a new home . It's not a easy buisness but so rewarding when it does work.
 
You can try your boys together on your lap. If hostilities are imminent, I would not bother with a full introduction; it won't work out! Make sure that you have an oven glove ready, serious bites can do real damage to your hand! Most boars will not go back together again after a fall-out with bites, so you will be up against the odds. Some will tolerate shared run/lawn time, but prefer their own territory.

If they are not going back together, you may rather want to look at boar dating for a new character compatible mate under expert supervision at one of our recommended rescues if you are in the UK.
 
i have put there cages next to eachother just to see how they would react they are talking to eachother and runing up and down popcorning a little my on guinea is sick at the moment so I'm not planning on put them back together face to face untill he starts gaining his weight back he use to be the dominate ne because he was bigger but now nibbler how was a runt is almost 3 pounds bigger then him thatnks for the help though and they are brothers from the same litter i don't know if that changes anything though
 
I hope that Porky will get his weight back. It is best to have the boys next to each other for interaction anyway.

And no, it is simply a breeders' myth that litter brothers don't fall out. Boars that are hitting the big hormones at the same time have actually the highest risk of fall-outs and brothers have no advantage when it comes to the question of how character compatible they are when they are developing ther adult identity.
 
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