Ellie-May
Teenage Guinea Pig
Hello everyone!
It has been a very, very long time since I last posted but I hope everyone is staying safe and coping well.
I would just like to say that we did successfully bond Grizzly in with our four girlies last year and it’s been smooth sailing ever since.
We decided to keep them in a separate pen overnight and when we came down the next morning they were all best of friends. I was very nervous of leaving them together as Erma (who was the dominant one) and Grizzly were going head to head a lot. Thankfully nobody was hurt it was just quite hard to watch at times. I must admit it is quite sad sometimes seeing Erma as I remember how dominant she use to be. She still can be towards the other ladies at times, but is very relaxed now.
The one thing I have found is that Grizzly is a very dominant little guy. He never bullies the girls, but always makes his dominance clear with his little rumble strut and when it comes to food he is definitely greedy. One good thing is that he is very clean for a boar. I have to groom him 2/3 times a week because of his coat and I always check down below but he’s very clean like the girls.
However, he does put the ladies in their place lol. Whenever they have a moment amongst them he does get involved and it stops very quickly. I don’t know if anyone else has experienced that, but he does really balance the group out.
I have inserted some photos down below but would like to say thank you to the helpful.
It has been a very, very long time since I last posted but I hope everyone is staying safe and coping well.
I would just like to say that we did successfully bond Grizzly in with our four girlies last year and it’s been smooth sailing ever since.
We decided to keep them in a separate pen overnight and when we came down the next morning they were all best of friends. I was very nervous of leaving them together as Erma (who was the dominant one) and Grizzly were going head to head a lot. Thankfully nobody was hurt it was just quite hard to watch at times. I must admit it is quite sad sometimes seeing Erma as I remember how dominant she use to be. She still can be towards the other ladies at times, but is very relaxed now.
The one thing I have found is that Grizzly is a very dominant little guy. He never bullies the girls, but always makes his dominance clear with his little rumble strut and when it comes to food he is definitely greedy. One good thing is that he is very clean for a boar. I have to groom him 2/3 times a week because of his coat and I always check down below but he’s very clean like the girls.
However, he does put the ladies in their place lol. Whenever they have a moment amongst them he does get involved and it stops very quickly. I don’t know if anyone else has experienced that, but he does really balance the group out.
I have inserted some photos down below but would like to say thank you to the helpful.
adding Grizzly really has made things complete and they all love him just as much as me. He's such a dominant but loving and chilled out guy and is just constantly happy pocorning and jumping around. I think the girls keep him young lol xx
