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  1. brilapiggies

    Had to separate two rescues…

    … Because one was a boy and one was a girl! 🤦 Took in two pups that had been dumped. They were together when I brought them home and until I set them up in a Living World extra large habitat with a divider. (Note: we keep this house in case of emergencies, for the divider I doubled up and...
  2. Lunapxggies

    Joyful News !

    I’ve posted about my lone pig sour cream before on this forum, I got her from an abusive situation and there’s no knowing what she went through before I had her. She has been terrified of being handled or even pet, I couldn’t even put my hand in the cage. Today she let me pet her and push her...
  3. igraytthat

    New-ish Guinea Pigs Still Not Bonded

    Hi All, I’m a New Guinea pig owner, but I’ve wanted them for so long! I’ve had my piggies for about a month and a half and I’ve handled them once per day every day and given them food when I’ve done so. They are brothers and are about 3 months old. We got them from a friend who has a bunch...
  4. T

    Help with Bonding 4yr old female with 8 month old female

    Hi guys so my 4yr old girl had her best mate pass away and i needed to get her a new friend. At first I got her a de-sexed 3yr old boy but they didnt get along straight away as they are both too dominant and the boy started attacking my girl each time i tried to bond them (quite aggressively...
  5. C

    Is it possible to bond two guinea pigs that have lived separately in neighboring cages for a year?

    This is genuinely a question born out of curiosity rather than intention. I have two boars who have lived next to each other in separate C&Cs since last February. At four months old, we moved them from their shared WAY TOO SMALL cage into a 2x6 and they immediately had a fight. We separated...
  6. O

    Guinea Pig Won't Stop Fighting Younger Guinea Pig

    Hi, I have bit of a bonding problem and I cannot seem to figure out how to solve it. I've have 8 guinea pigs over the years and have been able to bond them successfully. However, awhile ago I got a new piggy named Rocky. There are two others I'm trying to bond him with, Einstein and Cataldo...
  7. F

    Bonding

    Hi, We've had our skinny pig nearly 4 months now, she is with two Guinea pigs. They all get along ok except one of them like to chase her occasionally. My worry is that she is always alone, the 2 guineas sleep together but the skinny won't go near them. I have 3 beds in the cage, she will...
  8. R

    Bonding behavior?

    Hi I just recently got two male guinea pigs resses and York I got resses first around Halloween and I just recently got York, resses has always been very sweet and cuddly with me but as soon as I got York he doesn't want to cuddle anymore he is obsessed with York constantly following him cuddles...
  9. J

    Shy male and talkative Female guinea pig bonding. Any advice?

    Sorry if this is too long. So I have a 2 year old male guinea pig and I recently got a baby female to get him out of his shell because he is very shy. They are in separate cages for now until he gets neutered and even then I want to wait for her to grow up a bit so they'll be apart for a...
  10. Skunks_n.bees

    Piggies are trusting me less and less ?

    I’ve had my piggies for about a month now (I rescued them from a shelter and they are both about 5 months old) and at first things were progressing at a steady rate. I didn’t hold them or try to touch them for the first few days, and they started eating out of my hand very quickly. When I...
  11. B

    Bonding older sow with younger sows

    Good morning everyone I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas, I'm just looking for some advice please. I've had guinea pigs before but it was some years ago and I've recently adopted a pair of pigs from work who weren't being looked after properly. Sadly one of them passed shortly after...
  12. F

    New Guinea pigs

    Hello, I have 2 male guinea pigs who I adopted from our local pet smart who has said they were bonded and 5 years old. So I chose to take them both because I also had read that they get lonely and are super social. When we first got them we had them in a temporary cage which was definitely too...
  13. SophieK

    Unusual situation when bonding two adult sows - is a lack of interest bad?

    Hi all, This is my first post on here so please bear with me! I was wondering if anyone has any advice. Background I have had two guinea pigs (Pippa and Pearl) for around 3.5 years now, both happy, bonded and comfortable. They were purchased together from a rescue, where we were informed they...
  14. M

    Potential failed bonding? Guinea pig fights

    Hi there, I am new to the forum! I am from western Canada and have three female guinea pigs around 3 years old. My original girl Clementine (3.5 years old) recently lost her sister and I was on the hunt for a friend for her as all advice you ever see is on the importance of never keeping a...
  15. Suki&Indie

    New baby!

    So I just took on a new baby (probably 8 or so weeks? Super tiny) and I popped her into a pen (not the cage so neutral ground) My female is totally chill, eating hay and ignoring everyone but my neutered male is rumbling and chasing the baby - I know it’s normal to establish dominance but how...
  16. B

    :)

    just wanted to share my excitement that yesterday both of my baby guinea pigs ate a piece of lettuce straight from my hand! and this was AFTER i had bathed them ;)
  17. B

    scared or content?

    hi! i tried handling one of my 3 month old guinea pigs today, i just had her wrapped in a towel on my chest. i could hear her breathing and shifting around sometimes, almost as if to get comfy, but other than that she’d be pretty still. she also ate a little bit of lettuce next to her on my...
  18. 3

    Struggle with picking up

    Hi, I know all pigs aren’t going to be keen on being picked up, and I have owned rescue pigs before who were nervy, one was very nervous and jumpy for a while, after a while he was happy for cuddles, would flop out and snuggle, he’d even lay down all cozy out of hideys etc. These new pigs...
  19. MoruMum

    Bonding Post-Neutered Boar and Sow

    Hi, A brief history: I've adopted a 3-year-old boar named Squeak, who recently lost his cage mate. Squeak used to be bullied a lot by his previous companion. Since he became single he's come out of his shell, trusting us and revealing a confident and goofy personality, and we love him to bits...
  20. M

    3 year old pigs teeth chattering

    Our guinea pigs are 3 years old and well bonded. The less dominant one has recently been teeth chattering at the other one and they have both been making unhappy squeak noises. They went through a period last year where a similar thing happened and we solved it with getting them an additional...
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