so i just got two new guinnea pigs and I'm interduceing them to my other guinea pig and one keep humping the other and the other one runs away thay are all male so is this a domince thing or dose anybody know whats up
need minor help - boar trio bonding
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Have a read through these guides you will find them helpful. Sadly 3 male guinea pigs together very rarely works.
Have a read through these guides you will find them helpful. Sadly 3 male guinea pigs together very rarely works.
As the guides will show, humping is dominance behaviour.
But as piggyminder says, three boys together is a problem. You can only keep two males happily living together. Three boys together causes fall outs and fights and you are highly likely to find yourself having to separate them into a pair and a single and then find the single pig a new single male friend.
The choice is obviously yours, but personally I wouldn’t risk it and would put the two new ones to live together now and then get a single male friend for your original single boy rather than risk the fighfs and potential for injury.
To stand any chance of a male trio working (but this is by no means any guarantee) the cage will need to be very large, at least 180cm long by 60cm wide. You will need three of all equipment, lots of open ended hidey houses. You also should have a spare cage ready to separate one out
But as piggyminder says, three boys together is a problem. You can only keep two males happily living together. Three boys together causes fall outs and fights and you are highly likely to find yourself having to separate them into a pair and a single and then find the single pig a new single male friend.
The choice is obviously yours, but personally I wouldn’t risk it and would put the two new ones to live together now and then get a single male friend for your original single boy rather than risk the fighfs and potential for injury.
To stand any chance of a male trio working (but this is by no means any guarantee) the cage will need to be very large, at least 180cm long by 60cm wide. You will need three of all equipment, lots of open ended hidey houses. You also should have a spare cage ready to separate one out
Hi!
Boars bond by humping; babies are too agile for larger boars to do any harm unless they are holding still or unless they are in too confined a space for them to be able to get away.
Please be aware that boar trios with sub-adult boars have a very high fall-out rate; the higher the more piggies under 1 1/2 years old are involved. In fully sub-adult trios it can be as high as 90%. Make sure that you have got a cage that is large enough and that you can easily put a divider in, in case you need to separate temporarily or permanently.
Please take the time to read these guides here. They should answer most of your questions and allow you plan for the longer term:
Bonding: Illustrated Dominance Behaviours And Dynamics (Including a chapter on boar bonding)
Adding More Guinea Pigs Or Merging Pairs – What Works And What Not?
Boars: Teenage, Bullying, Fighting, Fall-outs And What Next?
Boars: A guide to successful companionship.
Cage Size Guide