MelyH
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have a question about bonding my two guinea pigs. We bought Reptar in December of last year (he's only 4 months old). He's what we think is an Abyssinian. He has a lot of energy, popcorns a lot, eats a lot and he's very used to being handled by us. We love his high energy personality and we are happy to have him. This past weekend we decided we wanted to get him a buddy and found another piggy at a pet store that we loved. We weighed the worst case scenarios after a pet store employee warned us pairing two males from different litters would not be easy and decided to take home our sheltie Maximus. Maximus is only a month older than Reptar and slightly bigger. After we brought him home it became clear Reptar is a lot more dominant. We have them in separate cages and only brought them together a couple times. One time we took them outside to play in the grass and Reptar only asserted his dominance by rumble strutting and mounting but he didn't attack. Inside though, Reptar chatters his teeth and attacks Max. I've separated them before anybody could get injured. I didn't realize when we bought Max that Abyssinians and Shelties have opposite personalites. We can already tell Max is very quiet and tame. Will we ever be able to bond them? What can we do to bond them if we can?
Above is Reptar
Above is Max
Above is Reptar
Above is Max