Guinea young , lonley ?

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Ive just brought my new 10 week old male guinea, will he be lonley, Any one have any suggestions for making him not lonley ? It's his first day at our home . And i'm not aloud to get another guinea ! (he is a indoor guinea )
 
Well first off its going to be a LOT of work to stop him from getting lonely, thats why everyone suggests at least two. Place his cage in a busy area in your house, and put his cage at waist height or above so he can see you. Give him masses of cuddles and love, and you could always try putting an aniaml friendly toy in his cage to make him think theres another animal in there.
But even with all this, he will still get lonely. The only way is to get another. Fight for him. Get him a playmate.
 
Thanks for the advice !
I'm putting a new play toy in tommorrow because he came today and I want him to get used to everything ! I think he likes me because he came out of his bed and was squeking :smitten: (it said in the book they are talking to you most of the time) He doesnt seem lonley but i dont want him to get lonley !
 
Aw! He'll be fine especially as you have him indoors with all the everyday things going on around him, he'll become tamer toomake sure he gets lots of cuddles and you play with him alot and give him some toys too, like carboard tubes to chew, maybe even get him his own teddy! My Bully is 41/2 months and he is too rough to pair up with anyone and he has a toy guinea pig in his cage which he loves, he beats him up and cuddles up to him at night! Make sure you give your boy a hidey hole too, so he can get away from it all! You'll both be fine!
Theres other threads on here as far a suggestions of what to put in their cages!
 
Hiya

I agree with the above poster... I am new to piggies too but I think they are meant to be kept as two or more.

Why aren't you allowed to keep more than one? I don't think having more than one is a lot more smell or worry and the reward for the lonely piggy will be huge!

:) ;) :D
 
Becuase the woman said he doesnt really like to go in pairs :-\ I'm putting in a purple monkey that he might like !

here he is > He's hiding in his bed(he doesnt really have red eyes !) ;D
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Awww what a cutie!
The woman probbaly doesnt know that much about piggies. What she's probablyy referring to is that he fought with the last piggy he was with but that doesnt mean he wont get lonely.
If he's neutured you could put him with a girl or you could get a spayed girl from a rescue centre-either way they wont fight.
 
10 wks is a dodgy age for pairing but you could try an older piggy but you'd probably have to go to a rescue to try him with other boys. Neutering would be a last resort though ( sorry my personal opinion ), I thought you wern't allowed becuase you had been told you weren't by parents or something, but if its only the pet shop that said it then try him with another as has been said on many other posts its down to the piggies personalities as to whether they get on or not, although with boys they can fall out anytime. If you get another be prepared to seperate and maybe have them living side by side, which is also ok - at least they have company!
 
He will mainly get lonely if he is left alone and not taken any notice of! Get into the habit of thaking him out of his cage at least twice a day for lap time and cuddles. This will also make him much tamer and more friendly. They are great to have as house pets, so you can set up an area in the living room or your bedroom, maybe using an indoor pen (they are on special offer £8.99 at the moment on www.zooplus.co.uk) and put toys in there for him. Put an old towel or blanket down as well because they wee and poo a lot! That way he has space to run around and a different environment apart from his cage :)
 
Patchy said:
Becuase the woman said he doesnt really like to go in pairs :-\ I'm putting in a purple monkey that he might like !

here he is > He's hiding in his bed(he doesnt really have red eyes !) ;D
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How is he doing now? Settling in a bit more? I'm about to ramble a bit, sorry...

I'm in a very similar position. And in a weird twist of fate, my baby Frodo looks spookily similar to your Patch. Exact same colouring, nearly exact same facial markings :o In this case however, I can't have two because of the rest of my family- we only have the one hutch at the moment (and as I'm the sole carer I can't really justify getting another one in case when I have to move out I can't take them both in their possible separate homes), our previous pairs have NOT gotten on at all and I had a hunch with Frodo that after a few weeks that he wouldn't like his brothers nearly so much- he reminded me too much of our old one, who was fine but liked her personal space and was dominating. But still, it's nagging at me. I think he's a bit lonely, but yet I have the gut feeling that he wouldn't really be proper friends with another pig (the other sibling we liked I'm sure he would have bullied). Should I wait and see, leave it as it is or try to pair him off at an animal rescue? I don't know.
 
My little boy is an only child and I did seriously consider having two but, my landlord has given me permission for only one. I took some advice from the pet shop who advised a little boy would cope better on his own. He is a house piggy any way and is very much part of life here and he gets lots of love, cuddles and attention as well.

Wanda
 
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