Sofia
Junior Guinea Pig
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- Jun 5, 2016
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Hi there,
so..where to begin.Well,i had a male guinea pig named Gulliver who i bought as a single many years ago.He seemed lonely so i bought him a baby boy who i named Mr Boo bonting (yes,terrible name but i was 13) anyway,so as Boo aged i encountered multiple dominance issues.They would fight constantly,and so i ended up having to separate them due to nasty injuries (deep wounds,a missing tooth etc) Now Gulliver has died..well actually around a year ago.Boo has been living alone and my mum is convinced he's happy.I have told her and my brother that he is most probably lonely and depressed however they really think he is incapable of feeling like this since he's 'only a guinea pig'.I try my absolute best with him.He has 2 rabbit runs that i attach to make a large single,so he has lots of room to play in the garden with his tunnels etc.Recently i changed his cage around so it is one level 6x2 c&c...however my mum has told me to put him back into the smaller cage because she doesn't want to live in an animal house...he still has a lot of space and fresh hay to eat etc.It makes me sad that my mum is more concerned about her home looking 'animal' (for lack of better term) over a living beings quality of life...Anyway,what should i do? i feel like 5 is too old to be neutered...and frankly i cannot afford it since i don't have a job.Ive been looking for a spayed female in rescues however they are so hard to come by.Does anyone know any rescues in the Uk that have any? i don't want to get him a young baby because I'm moving within the next 3 years to a different country in europe and so it would be inconvenient...also,i don't have room for more than one other and so it would inevitably continue in a cycle.Can i bond an adult male? i really don't want him to bw lonely
((((( sorry this post goes off topic here and there.I was thinking of getting a male to coexist? issue is my mum doesn't like the one cage let alone having two.I could move them into my bedroom but my mum isn't keen on that either..any suggestions would be much appreciated thank you for background on his behaviour; he sleeps most of the day,and waddles around the house in the evening.He enjoys running around the kitchen and wondering into the living room whilst we watch tv.
so..where to begin.Well,i had a male guinea pig named Gulliver who i bought as a single many years ago.He seemed lonely so i bought him a baby boy who i named Mr Boo bonting (yes,terrible name but i was 13) anyway,so as Boo aged i encountered multiple dominance issues.They would fight constantly,and so i ended up having to separate them due to nasty injuries (deep wounds,a missing tooth etc) Now Gulliver has died..well actually around a year ago.Boo has been living alone and my mum is convinced he's happy.I have told her and my brother that he is most probably lonely and depressed however they really think he is incapable of feeling like this since he's 'only a guinea pig'.I try my absolute best with him.He has 2 rabbit runs that i attach to make a large single,so he has lots of room to play in the garden with his tunnels etc.Recently i changed his cage around so it is one level 6x2 c&c...however my mum has told me to put him back into the smaller cage because she doesn't want to live in an animal house...he still has a lot of space and fresh hay to eat etc.It makes me sad that my mum is more concerned about her home looking 'animal' (for lack of better term) over a living beings quality of life...Anyway,what should i do? i feel like 5 is too old to be neutered...and frankly i cannot afford it since i don't have a job.Ive been looking for a spayed female in rescues however they are so hard to come by.Does anyone know any rescues in the Uk that have any? i don't want to get him a young baby because I'm moving within the next 3 years to a different country in europe and so it would be inconvenient...also,i don't have room for more than one other and so it would inevitably continue in a cycle.Can i bond an adult male? i really don't want him to bw lonely
((((( sorry this post goes off topic here and there.I was thinking of getting a male to coexist? issue is my mum doesn't like the one cage let alone having two.I could move them into my bedroom but my mum isn't keen on that either..any suggestions would be much appreciated thank you for background on his behaviour; he sleeps most of the day,and waddles around the house in the evening.He enjoys running around the kitchen and wondering into the living room whilst we watch tv.
