Hello! I’m new here so not sure if I’m using this correctly?
I’ve had one male pig for about 3 months on his own. I’ve had him for two years but until 3 months ago he was kept with his brother, who sadly passed away.
yesterday my mother bought me a baby guinea pig. I was planning on getting another boy for company but I was waiting until I had the time to do an extremely thourough clean and also set up a good way to introduce the two.
With this surprise baby, there was no way I could have done this. I didn’t have a spare cage nor the space for another cage, but the breeder is very reliable and assured my mother that there is no need for quarantine and she said that if he didn’t get on with my current boy then she would take him back.
I know that this is not a good situation and I would not recommend bonding a pair like this, but it was unexpected and there wasn’t another possibility. This could have gone horribly wrong, so I was on hand to separate the two.
The cage had been cleaned that morning, although there will still have been my pigs scent on the hidies etc. I put the baby into the cage and he immediately started eating from the pellet bowl next to my other pig. they sniffed each others nose but no noise was made. The baby started to explore the cage and eventually just started to follow my older boy around as he went from the water to the hay to the pellets. They were eating and drinking right next to each other. There was the occasional rumble from my older boy but nothing more. They both went into a wooden hut together for 40 minutes (I assume they slept together) and then came out together and ate hay by each others side after popcorning for a little while. I’ve been watching them so closly incase anything bad happens. I knew that this was almost guaranteed to fail, but I thought that I might as well try before just returning the baby.
I really don’t recommend this as I’m sure more experienced people wouldn’t either. I do feel guilty for the way I did this but do I still need to worry? Is there some kind of confrontation that is inevitable and I need to watch out? I haven’t seen any mounting or dominating or snapping other than 2 or 3 rumblings. Does this sound normal and ok?
I’ve had one male pig for about 3 months on his own. I’ve had him for two years but until 3 months ago he was kept with his brother, who sadly passed away.
yesterday my mother bought me a baby guinea pig. I was planning on getting another boy for company but I was waiting until I had the time to do an extremely thourough clean and also set up a good way to introduce the two.
With this surprise baby, there was no way I could have done this. I didn’t have a spare cage nor the space for another cage, but the breeder is very reliable and assured my mother that there is no need for quarantine and she said that if he didn’t get on with my current boy then she would take him back.
I know that this is not a good situation and I would not recommend bonding a pair like this, but it was unexpected and there wasn’t another possibility. This could have gone horribly wrong, so I was on hand to separate the two.
The cage had been cleaned that morning, although there will still have been my pigs scent on the hidies etc. I put the baby into the cage and he immediately started eating from the pellet bowl next to my other pig. they sniffed each others nose but no noise was made. The baby started to explore the cage and eventually just started to follow my older boy around as he went from the water to the hay to the pellets. They were eating and drinking right next to each other. There was the occasional rumble from my older boy but nothing more. They both went into a wooden hut together for 40 minutes (I assume they slept together) and then came out together and ate hay by each others side after popcorning for a little while. I’ve been watching them so closly incase anything bad happens. I knew that this was almost guaranteed to fail, but I thought that I might as well try before just returning the baby.
I really don’t recommend this as I’m sure more experienced people wouldn’t either. I do feel guilty for the way I did this but do I still need to worry? Is there some kind of confrontation that is inevitable and I need to watch out? I haven’t seen any mounting or dominating or snapping other than 2 or 3 rumblings. Does this sound normal and ok?
