Our guinea pigs are both well endowed males. One is 5 years, the other about 3.5 years (a rescue).
They got off to a rocky start but are now well bonded after 15 months. Our rescue piggies is (mostly) the dominant one.
Our rescue piggy may have to undergo surgery for a cyst behind his nipple and we were wondering about getting him neutered at the same time (as he will be under anaesthetic anyway).
The primary reason is that he is skittish and nervous and not easy to bond, so when (hopefully a long time) our older guinea pig passes away we want to be able to try rebonding him with either a boar or sow to increase his chances.
But we don't know if just one boar being neutered will affect the current bond between the two piggies.
Does anyone have any experience? I'd love to hear your feedback.
They got off to a rocky start but are now well bonded after 15 months. Our rescue piggies is (mostly) the dominant one.
Our rescue piggy may have to undergo surgery for a cyst behind his nipple and we were wondering about getting him neutered at the same time (as he will be under anaesthetic anyway).
The primary reason is that he is skittish and nervous and not easy to bond, so when (hopefully a long time) our older guinea pig passes away we want to be able to try rebonding him with either a boar or sow to increase his chances.
But we don't know if just one boar being neutered will affect the current bond between the two piggies.
Does anyone have any experience? I'd love to hear your feedback.