Neutering Operation Monday

Tara95 said:
Thank you! Looking forward to bonding next. I am planning to adopt a solo guinea pig who's been living on her all her life she's 13 months old so I'm hoping to bond her with my sows and then bond Winston with the herd. Not sure which order would be best though! May post a thread but feel like I'm posting alot of them atm 😅 how's bonding going for your herd so far?:)
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Oh my goodness! How exciting! When is Winston safe again?
Things are going ok, a bit noisy at times when jasper decides that he want to be the big boss king of the cage! Haha The Girls can be dramatic. We’ve all been to the vets today as Baby Ruffles has been sneezing and yesterday started sounding crackly when breathing so she on some Baytril, I’d just been missing medication administration...... haha.
 
Lavinia said:
Oh my goodness! How exciting! When is Winston safe again?
Things are going ok, a bit noisy at times when jasper decides that he want to be the big boss king of the cage! Haha The Girls can be dramatic. We’ve all been to the vets today as Baby Ruffles has been sneezing and yesterday started sounding crackly when breathing so she on some Baytril, I’d just been missing medication administration...... haha.
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Ohh no I'm sorry to hear your Piggy is unwell, I've noticed that they tend to get unwell when they're stressed. When Boo first joined the herd she was the smallest by far and every guinea pig would bully her and she was terrified of everything and a few days later she developed a really nasty case of ringworm that caused a scab underneath her eye.. but now I can't quite believe she is the same pig she's now the leader of the herd, the second largest and the most confident! It just takes them a bit of time to find their feet! I'm sure your baby will be fine but what a worry! Especially after the Neuter! Keep me updated and try not to worry! And it's exactly 2 weeks if I'm correct until he can be mated with the females! :)
 
Tara95 said:
Ohh no I'm sorry to hear your Piggy is unwell, I've noticed that they tend to get unwell when they're stressed. When Boo first joined the herd she was the smallest by far and every guinea pig would bully her and she was terrified of everything and a few days later she developed a really nasty case of ringworm that caused a scab underneath her eye.. but now I can't quite believe she is the same pig she's now the leader of the herd, the second largest and the most confident! It just takes them a bit of time to find their feet! I'm sure your baby will be fine but what a worry! Especially after the Neuter! Keep me updated and try not to worry! And it's exactly 2 weeks if I'm correct until he can be mated with the females! :)
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She’s so small bless her but she’s coping really well to be fair, but it must be a lot of stress for them to come to a new home and meet new pigs and then have one big pig hump you all the time! Haha

Ooh two weeks! Could you get the new girl, quarantine her and then bond them all at the same time? That’s what I did with mine, bonded them all at the same time to try and avoid too much stress. but I’m no expert!
 
Lavinia said:
She’s so small bless her but she’s coping really well to be fair, but it must be a lot of stress for them to come to a new home and meet new pigs and then have one big pig hump you all the time! Haha

Ooh two weeks! Could you get the new girl, quarantine her and then bond them all at the same time? That’s what I did with mine, bonded them all at the same time to try and avoid too much stress. but I’m no expert!
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That did cross my find initially, but I feel that it could be a bit chaotic for her as she's been on her own for a year and then she'll suddenly be introduced to a new herd of 4 sows and then Winston (I don't even know how he'll react) Probably trying to hump everyone it could be a bit too much? What I've read on here is that the females have their own hierarchy that the male isn't part of so I'm hoping if she makes it into the female herd successfully, maybe after a week or two (may have to make Winston wait an extra week) Winston could he introduced to all of the sows? What does everyone think? But I'm really not an expert either @pigelsandbuns @Wiebke @VickiA Many thanks :)
 
I'm so happy for you - what a long road but what a wonderful ending :hug:... or should that be wonderful beginning! 💕
 
😆 How lovely Winston is with his ladies x
It’s been a long drag for you both but now he’s fit and well and the joy he will have with his girls ❤️ Wonderful news!
 
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