Elgifu321
Junior Guinea Pig
some of you followed my Guinea pig Oswyns story, he passed away last week unfortunately so I was left with a lonely pig in need of a friend asap.
I reached out to rescues first for boar dating but none anywhere up to an hour or 2 drive away seemed to have any solo boars so I resorted to breeders... I posted about Rupert hitting it off with Caspar, a chunky 5 week old teddy piggie and I was so happy with them but I'd also messaged another breeder about a piggie that was 4 weeks old and wasn't yet ready- a texel.
The breeder showed them and didn't want Ronan (as I named him) as his ears were too high or something... and I couldn't stop thinking about the little piggie so I went to view him last night. (I'm prepared to separate with grid/ purchase a friend if the three don't get on)
He's tiny! He was being taken from mum last night as he's 4 weeks today and the breeder said he'd be on his own (only had sisters) so I might as well take him. I agreed as I thought I could probably give him more attention/care than he could anyway, especially as he was in the process of moving into a new house. I got Ronan home and he only weighs 125g! (DOB: 19/8/2016) Caspar weighs 405g (DOB: 9/8/2016)
I've purchased a pregnant piggie before (PAH- bought her when I realised as I could see she needed proper care) and had a couple unexpected litters years ago so I've cared for babies before but these two seem to be extremes on either side of the weight spectrum from my experience, what does everyone else think?
I'm taking them both to the vets later for a full check over anyway though I've checked them myself and they seem healthy other than being tiny/huge for their age haha. Both are always eating and popping and making noises to each other through the cages aswell as to Rupert. Caspar runs around more but Ronan likes exploring too he's just more cautious probably cause of his size/ age
Here's pics of them both..
![image.webp image.webp](https://data.theguineapigforum.co.uk/attachments/49/49318-e90e0f1ef11e00a54b8089af9e5ae0b4.jpg?hash=z339I9Q4uo)
![image.webp image.webp](https://data.theguineapigforum.co.uk/attachments/49/49319-c659b5548628cf8ec7c84ba204873847.jpg?hash=3Bp_exvPAw)
I reached out to rescues first for boar dating but none anywhere up to an hour or 2 drive away seemed to have any solo boars so I resorted to breeders... I posted about Rupert hitting it off with Caspar, a chunky 5 week old teddy piggie and I was so happy with them but I'd also messaged another breeder about a piggie that was 4 weeks old and wasn't yet ready- a texel.
The breeder showed them and didn't want Ronan (as I named him) as his ears were too high or something... and I couldn't stop thinking about the little piggie so I went to view him last night. (I'm prepared to separate with grid/ purchase a friend if the three don't get on)
He's tiny! He was being taken from mum last night as he's 4 weeks today and the breeder said he'd be on his own (only had sisters) so I might as well take him. I agreed as I thought I could probably give him more attention/care than he could anyway, especially as he was in the process of moving into a new house. I got Ronan home and he only weighs 125g! (DOB: 19/8/2016) Caspar weighs 405g (DOB: 9/8/2016)
I've purchased a pregnant piggie before (PAH- bought her when I realised as I could see she needed proper care) and had a couple unexpected litters years ago so I've cared for babies before but these two seem to be extremes on either side of the weight spectrum from my experience, what does everyone else think?
I'm taking them both to the vets later for a full check over anyway though I've checked them myself and they seem healthy other than being tiny/huge for their age haha. Both are always eating and popping and making noises to each other through the cages aswell as to Rupert. Caspar runs around more but Ronan likes exploring too he's just more cautious probably cause of his size/ age
Here's pics of them both..
![image.webp image.webp](https://data.theguineapigforum.co.uk/attachments/49/49318-e90e0f1ef11e00a54b8089af9e5ae0b4.jpg?hash=z339I9Q4uo)
![image.webp image.webp](https://data.theguineapigforum.co.uk/attachments/49/49319-c659b5548628cf8ec7c84ba204873847.jpg?hash=3Bp_exvPAw)