bonding

Hi all! I’m picking up a 2 year old sow in a couple days and just need some advice. She’s mainly had a single life but been caged next to others. I’ve been warned she probably won’t bond with the others but thought I would try and if worse comes to worse I’m going to extend my C&C cage and put...

Hey We have a piggie biscuit who lost her cage mates a few months back. We always thought that biscuit was meant to be on her own as she always showed small signs of aggression - nothing excessive just domination. We decided that we would try and get her a friend as we were unsure she was...

We currently have a bonded boar pair (both 4 years old) and, in a separate group, 3 sows (all 1 year old) whose husboar has just crossed the rainbow bridge. We have seen how much the late husboar has flourished in a harem setting, and we would like to give this chance to our two remaining boars...

Hi, I have a group consisting of a neutered male and two females. I don't know the age of the male but I would say he is between 3 and 4 years old. He is a pretty relaxed piggy. I adopted my females (two sisters) back in july 2023 and they were around 2-3 months. So now they are around 2 years...

Hi Everyone, I found some scabs and a scratch on Benjamin's lower back tonight. We have been doing many (6 or so) trials with other pigs to find him a new friend, so I'm not sure if he could have gotten injured from that. Would appreciate any advice and thoughts of what this is: Please note...

I am in desperate need of help, my brain is not too good due to me brain fog so it will be long winded but I need help keeping a boy Guinea pig happy before he can be castrated to go with my two girls. There will be a lot of back story included so people don’t have to ask the questions. Please...

Hello, I don't generally like posting on forums (or anywhere), since I'm more of a perpetual lurker, but I do need a bit of advice - I have read through the guide, but am not sure if I should try again as it went poorly. I recently lost my sow to very aggressive lymphoma. She was 2.5 years old...

Hello! so I posted a little bit ago when I got my first guinea pig as an adult he’s been to the vet. He is all good to go. I’ve got him into a brand new cage so today I went and I got another guinea pig. They are both males. The original guinea pig Papua is eight months old. The new guinea pig...

hello, I have recently rescued a eight month old male intact guinea pig about three days ago, he is currently in a 2 x 4 cage, and I am getting him used to me still. I have in the past had two guinea pigs at separate times, but I was in elementary school, so mostly my parents taking care of...

Hi all! I got my first piggies on Monday, they’re both brothers and get along lovely with each other. I am after some advice on handling and bonding with them, one of the pigs is more curious than the other and does explore the cage if I’m sat on the couch in the room, the other is more timid...

Hi all! I rescued a guinea pig a few months back as a partner for my angel pig, yenyen! Cookie (my 6 year old pig) bonded very easily with yen but unfortunately they only had 2 months together before yen’s illness took her away from us and she passed away. Last month I rescued two new pigs...

Hi, I’ve recently bought two guinea pigs from a breeder, they are two beautiful sows called glimmer and Greta, the breeder I purchased off informed me that they aren’t from the same litter but have lived together since birth. I’ve previously owned guinea pigs but I was a young kid and wasn’t in...

I'm bonding my original guinea pig(Cookie) with a new guinea pig(Bubbles) after cookies cage mate passed. I've had them in their neutral area for about 5 hours, they haven't really fought and when they did it was very quick, no blood. They coexist pretty well and they don't go after each other...

Hi hi :) In the distant future, I plan on introducing two baby sows to my current sow pair, Fen and Kinoya. They’ll be full grown adults by then (1+ years old), and I’ve heard that when introducing pups to adult piggies, an introduction isn’t needed since the pups won’t be viewed as competition...

Hi all, first time writing, but I can't find any other guidance so I'm hoping someone has insight. Newer guinea mama, I got my Fernetti in feb, Gin-Rummi in April, Whiski in July, and Drambui 2 weeks ago. All girls are respectively: 11 months, 9 months, 7-8 months, and newest 6-7 months. My...

Hello over the past 8 or so years I've have had 5 guinea pigs unfortunately 3 of those pigs have passed away from due to old age, so I am left with two pigs Unfortunately these two pigs are very stubborn and don't want to bond together, I'm worried for their health as pigs shouldn't be alone...

Hey! Looking for any advice/tips on my current bonding. I got my last boar neutered after his friend passed away a few months ago, it's 7 weeks post op and I started the bonding. Cleaned the full living room of scent, extended the cage, got all open ended hides, and changed the cage. Washed...

Hi there, I had two lovely rescue boars who were bonded from birth, but unfortunately just before their 3rd birthday we lost one of them to cancer. My remaining piggy didn't really seem overly phased, he was a bit subdued for about a week and lost a little bit of weight but has now gained it...

Hi! We recently purchased our 7 week male, Timmy, & decided pretty quick to get him a friend (we live in a pretty rural area so rescues are about 3-4 hours away min) enter the 5/6 week old male, Hammy. Today they were formally introduced as the large cage we ordered arrived. I read the bonding...

Hello, I am after some advice. So, we have 7 lovely Sows and have rescued a neutered boar a few days ago. We’ve had the usual rumbling, nips, mounting, chasing, teeth chattering etc, but 2 of our girls have taken an instant dislike to him 😩 They tolerate him all together outside in the run...