sandralynn
Junior Guinea Pig
some of you may remember that I rescued 2 boars and 4 sows last year, and all the sows were pregnant! They had 14 babies between them 8 sows and 6 boars. My sister in law had 3 boars and I kept all the others. The sows are now living happily in 2 herds of 6 and 7. Initially I put 1 baby boar with Basil and called him Spike, and then the other 2 baby boars together in another hutch next to Basil and Spike with a wire window between them so they could see each other, (Grump lives on his own) that is how I was going to leave it, but last week I noticed that 1 of the babies, Reggie was purring at Basil through the wire and Basil was doing it back, so yesterday I decided to give it a go at letting them meet.....very apprehensive.......I took the adjoining wire out and let Basil go say hello, there was the initial chasing and squeaking especially between Reggie and Basil, and Spike and Ronnie hid out of the way whilst that was going on. This morning they were all curled up together in 1 bed together, but when they saw me the chasing started again, still no aggression so I fed and cleaned and left them to it, just been up to the shed again and give them there tea time greens and they are all munching together quite happily. I am amazed at how easy it has been, and so pleased that they can now live together.....although I suppose things could change when the babies reach adolescence, but for now it is nice seeing them all together, and they have so much room, 2 5ft x 2ft 3 tier hutches to share......
Oh, absolutely fab that all the bonding is going so well. And yes, things will change when the boys hit their teenage years! 
But they will sort themselves out eventually!
