Guinea Pigs Tolerate Each Other

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In general my guinea pigs Raoul and peter get on as they don't fight or anything and shatre a food bowl well, but they just don't seem bonded with each other. I'm grateful they don't fight but had hoped they would be friends together as they were bought together as babies and have been together a year but they both seem to do there own thing and the only interaction they have is when they are clicking at each other and circling each other trying to decide who is top g.pig for the day, there's a bit of attempted mounting and kicking and then they stay away from each other for the rest of the day. They don't seem unhappy, I just wondered if anyone else had come across this sort of disinterested relationship between two boars?
 
I've found that it's rare to find two pigs who truly love each other and sleep together.

I currently have two boys. Jon Snow and Podrick Payne. Jon really couldn't care less about Pod and he spends most of the time ignoring him. But Pod will always follow him round, rumbling and standing near him. When Jon is resting Pod will slowly sneak up on him and lie down near him.

As long as they're both happy and not fighting then I think that's a good bond.
 
My sows aren't particularly close, even though they are from the same litter. Coco spends most of the time rumbling at Patchy and has little interest in her being too close (Coco is very grumpy and anti social but Patchy likes to pester her a fair bit and doesn't know when to quit sometimes. The rest of the time they spend in their own hidey's. They eat from the same bowl and don't fight over food mind you but then it's back to their own hidey's. They never share a hidey anymore except if Coco has had a particularly bad season which she does at times, its all snuggles and piggie kisses the next day usually cos Coco has been a right cow. There is 10 mins a day at night during spot cleaning that they will both play with each other and chase each other and popcorn and that's it. Typical siblings I guess lol.
 
Thanks for your replies. I feel a bit more reassured now that there relationship is normal.
 
Pigs that are bonded aren't necessarily joined at the hip. They all spend time doing their own thing. None of my pigs have ever slept side by side during the day time (they typically took turns with one in the pigloo and one outside.) They did sometimes snuggle up at night or if something scared them, but that was the only time. They really don't need to spend most of their time side by side to be bonded or to appreciate each other's company or benefit from having a friend.
 
They're probably just fine. They might just be friends and not exactly in love with each other. River and Melody are happiest with each doing their own thing, but they DO play together and share a "bedroom" occasionally though never snuggling.
 
My boys are about 7 months now and are going through a lot of dominance displays and even the odd scuffle. They still happily share food and have the odd game of chase, but have never shared beds or anything. I think boys especially like thier own things and thier own space, but can still have a good bond
 
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