Hi, I picked up a guinea pig yesterday. We named him Norman but we we,re told that two males would fight. We liked wee "Norman" as he was very confident and unbothered by my young children's noise/handling (supervised) so ended up taking him. He seems to like handling and nibbling everything, including clothes. He's just settled beautifully I cannot believe it. Two questions really as it's been a while since I personally owned a guinea pig.
1.) should we add another male? He seems fine on his own but with further reading apparently they all need buddies and I feel bad not taking another. But they we're dead set on "males fight" ?!
2.) any tips on introduction to other pets? We have a rescue dog, he will chase things but has never had any ill intent. We've have a few injured crows and he's been fine with them. He just seems interested in the guinea pig ATM all the rustling and nosies. He's had a wee sniff whilst I was cuddling and he listens when I tell him to leave the cage alone. "Norman" doesn't seem to fussed by the dog really. Any tips would be great.
1.) should we add another male? He seems fine on his own but with further reading apparently they all need buddies and I feel bad not taking another. But they we're dead set on "males fight" ?!
2.) any tips on introduction to other pets? We have a rescue dog, he will chase things but has never had any ill intent. We've have a few injured crows and he's been fine with them. He just seems interested in the guinea pig ATM all the rustling and nosies. He's had a wee sniff whilst I was cuddling and he listens when I tell him to leave the cage alone. "Norman" doesn't seem to fussed by the dog really. Any tips would be great.