do guinea pigs miss there brothers and sisters

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I'm getting 2 of 3 brothers as i dont have room for more are they going to pine for eachother?
 
I'm not sure.... i know when they loose a friend or their sibling because one's gone to bridge they pine then... it will depend on the piggie i'd say.
Why don't you chat to Hels and ask her i'm sure she can help you and she'll be able to advise you the piggies you're getting what their natures are like :smitten:
 
like glynis said it depends on the piggy, i know when choloe passed away, we were more upset she was gone than zoe. it was as if to zoe choloe didn't exsist. :'( :'( :'( i would think as you are taking 2 out of the three i would think the one on his own might be sad losing his brothers and friends. :'( :'( :'( as suggested discuss this with hels and see what she suggest. good luck with your new babies. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: hugs and cuddles and wheeks from me and the girls :-* :-* :-* :smitten: :smitten:
 
Definately very bonded guineas pine for each other. I had 3 girls and a boar living together, when the boar died, the one sow who was very close to him used to huddle in a corner looking very sad. The others were quiet but they weren't as upset as the sow.

I have 2 very bonded older sows now, and I dread to think what would happen if one of them passed on as I know the other would pine terribly :( I also have a bonded boar and sow, the boar wheeks for ages if I take the sow out ;D they have to go everywhere together :smitten:

Other guineas I have living together don't seem to notice if I take one out ?
 
although cookie has only been living with maisy and poppy for a few months, when she has to go vets the other two pine for her nonstop :'( and cookie pines for them too :'(
 
Out of my 4 pairs only Pig-Pog pines for Pandy, the others do not really seem bothered.
I have a brother and sister who are not together but with another piggie each do not seem to bother, when the other piggie is removed for weighing etc... Unless they have worked out my routine.
 
The 3 boars I have were all together in a group of 16 if I remember rightly - they were all crowded together. They are youngsters - approx 4.5 months old and were in 2 pairs when they came to me here. One of them left 2 weeks ago rehomed to Emma and Darren (Meatballneedsafriend) - so I decided to put the remaining single boar in with the other boys. There was slight squabbling but they settled down.

As these boys are youngsters it should be fine to bond the remaining boar with another youngster which is what Graham and I have discussed and indeed is what will happen.

Siobhan - please don't worry about the single boar - he will be paired up with another boar and will find his forever home - of that I have no doubt. Also these boys are not brothers at all - they are all different breeds - in fact there were several different breeds and colours amongst the 16 - probably all bought randomly.

Hope this helps............... :)

Helen.
 
when i got my new boys...being the softee i am i decided to take two then leave the other two brothers with the mum and dad then no one would get lonely! ::) sometimes i worry because they argue and things and do the bum swaying thing but am sure they'll be fine...they now get seperate bowls so that they dont firght and hidy homes for both to use on their own!

i sometimes wonder if they miss their brothers and sister...
 
Hels said:
The 3 boars I have were all together in a group of 16 if I remember rightly - they were all crowded together. They are youngsters - approx 4.5 months old and were in 2 pairs when they came to me here. One of them left 2 weeks ago rehomed to Emma and Darren (Meatballneedsafriend) - so I decided to put the remaining single boar in with the other boys. There was slight squabbling but they settled down.

As these boys are youngsters it should be fine to bond the remaining boar with another youngster which is what Graham and I have discussed and indeed is what will happen.

Siobhan - please don't worry about the single boar - he will be paired up with another boar and will find his forever home - of that I have no doubt. Also these boys are not brothers at all - they are all different breeds - in fact there were several different breeds and colours amongst the 16 - probably all bought randomly.

Hope this helps............... :)

that puts my mind at rest :) i worry about everything lol sorry just brought them lots of lovely toys today :) xx

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Once we have him bonded we will take pics and pop him on rescue. He is absolutely gorgeous isn't he ? He will soon find his forever home I'm sure.

Excellent - they will love toys - I have a willow ball in there and they nudge it around the cage - so so funny.

Are you getting excited.

H.
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am sure they'll be fine.

my two argue over silly things but then will sit and eat next to each other and push their treat ball around...i went in yesterday to find that the piggies werent in the house any more which i thought was strange! so i looked in the house and their ball, pillow thing and chew sticks had a home and the boys didnt...so sweet!
 
well my 1 year olds piggies poppy and ruby live tgother with thier mum lilly but thier sister amber now livs with my other 2 girls as lilly woudnt share food with her and picked on her

ruby and poppy and lilly have never missed her one day i took her out of the cage and she never came back they never looked for her or anything i think she might of been like 4 or 5 months when i took her out

i aslso have 4 10 month old borthers who live togother there older borther aflue use to live with them (poppy ruby and mabers bother) but after he tired to kill one of them he now on his own for the first day after i took him out 2 of the piggies missed him but after that they where fine
 
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