LeeLee_:)
Junior Guinea Pig
Poor Tui recently lost all of her cage mates and I don't want her to get lonely. She has never been without a buddy before. She is a non-spayed sow and about 2.5 years old. I will definitely be getting her a friend, I just don't know what age/gender I should get or if it doesn't really matter. She has only ever lived with other sows before (all non-spayed if that matters). Do you think I should get another sow or a neutered boar? If I do get a boar, does she need to be spayed even if he's neutered? Would it be better to get a younger guinea pig, one closer to her age, or an older one? I've gotten new guinea pigs while currently having guinea pigs in the past and never really worried about any of this, but now that I know this pig needs to be able to bond with her so they can stay not-separated I just want to make sure I find her a good match. Before she lived in a herd of 5, not the dominant, but I had to split my herd because of arguments between a few pigs and she lived with a very submissive sow. They did really well together so I'm thinking I should probably try to find another submissive pig but I don't know that much about differences in personality between genders or what age would be best for this. Thanks in advance to anyone with any advice or who even takes the time to read all of this.