All About Boys! Your Views Wanted :)

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MrsSuzy

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Just wanted to let you all now that I am looking for people's experiences or lack of experiences with piggie boys! They seem to me to linger longer in rescues and I hear lot of people say they prefer girls. I want to know why!
I'm doing some "research" and hope to run a series on my blog about boys. The hope to to dismiss some common concerns and hopefully get more boys adopted.

This is my blog post explaining it all (please read) but I would love to hear from you :) There is also a chance you can win a Piggy Lounge cosy sack, as I'll be entering every one who helps in a draw.

www.thepiggylounge.com/blog

Thank you so much:)

Suzy
 
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I started as a carer of female piggies & thought they were great but when I had bonding problems last year I got a neutered male to pair up with one of the girls. He had a steadying influence & I ended up with a group of 4 girls & a boy. The interaction is something special & visitors are amazed at how Mitch goes up the the girls shuffling his bum like he's Elvis.

We then did some boar fostering & ended up keeping a lovely 3 year old boy called Rex after we'd looked after him before and after his op. He's now got 2 wives & they are completely different to the other group in that they are always chattering together. I'd recommend anyone to have a mixed group like these. I can't comment on male only groups but I'm extremely happy with my lot.

I'd posted this before completely reading your post so have also added it to the f/b page.
 
I have only ever had one girlie and she was lovely, all my pairings have been boys (now I have a trio) and it's so far so good! My boys have all been very affectionate, apart from Ralphie as he was always a nervous piggie.
 
I have only ever had boys (from childhood right through to adulthood) but at present I have one older intact boar and a neutered younger boar and god bless not yet but when my older boar goes I shall start to only have sows with a neutered boar , which will be new to me as ive never had sows :)
 
I started with two boys. I was looking for boys after my brother got a guinea pig when I was little and he eventually passed away. I always wanted another guinea pig after that and went out looking for piggies who looked similar (red eyed white) and I came upon a beautiful boar who I named Gilbert. I also got another boar from the same cage Ludwig, (they were the only two) and kept them together.

I then went and got another male guinea pig, Romano a year later and a few weeks after that, I got him a friend too.

I have since been through a few boys with Romano but have since recently gotten myself a female piggie roughly 2 months ago. She is lovely but in comparison to my boars, she is a lot less affectionate, a lot more skittish and not as into cuddles as my boys are.

The pros of boys are definitely to me, the bond I have with them. One of my piggies I affectionately nicknamed "my soul mate" and "my little shadow". This was Gilbert's boarfriend, Ludwig. He and I had a fantastic bond and he would follow me everywhere, preferring me to his own cage mate and I have another boy who is just as affectionate now called Matthew, but he and Romano have an equally in love bond as Matthew has with me.

Honestly boys are a bundle of joy and I would definitely get more if I could, which brings the downside.

Cons:
They can only be kept in two.
The struggle of bonding and fall outs.

As I mentioned, I have gone through many piggies for Romano, the first of which, Arthur, attacked Romano in a bloody fight over dominance when he was just over their 2 year anniversary and second, Corey who, though he didn't attack Romano, was a sexual pest and wouldn't stop chasing and ..... enjoying himself over Romano. He was happy to let Romano be the dominant, he was just a little excited over Romano which Romano didn't like.

Though I prefer boars, I am slowly switching over to girls because I do not have a lot of room and if I eventually want more guinea pigs, I know its more practical to have them all together or in just two cages. I'm happy with my current set up of 'bunkbeds' cages, with the bonded boars, Romano and Matthew on top and my neutered boar and wifepig at the bottom. If magically boys could be kept in more than duo's, I would probably stick to having boars.


I hope my rambles help somewhat. XD; I tried not to go into a big story but I couldn't help it. ^^;
 
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