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Just to take the worry away of Amy struggling to get her sleep with her GCSEs I thought I'd add: I literally finished my GCSES in July with my two piggies sleeping in the same room as me throughout this time and I'm a very light sleeper. What me and my sister found was for the first week or two it was harder to get to sleep but after that you get used to them, you don't take the noise as a threat whilst you sleep and so don't wake up as easily. We have five in our room right now (including one very noisy little lady) and they haven't woke me up in weeks (I think the first couple of nights when we went from one quite lady to four they did) and this is (hopefully) how it'll be when my sister does her GCSE's in a year and a half. For a couple of weeks I slept with my head just inches away from the cage and I still slept fine.
 
doglovinpiggylover said:
what?? can someone please tell my two that thankyou!
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:)) I chuck mine a handful of veg as I go to bed, by the time they have finished eating it I'm in bed and they settle down and go to sleep!

God help you if you turn the lights on in the night though...

WHEEK WHEEK WHEEK WHEEK! IT'S BREAKFAST TIME!

Shhhhhhhhhh! It's 3am!

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Hi Amysmom

I have a lone guinea pig, he hates other piggies and actually prefers the company of my dog, he lives outside in a hutch by himself and he is very happy, he has lots of toys and food to keep him occupied. In his case it would be cruel to put him with another guinea as he dislikes their company so much, so I would like to say that if you have a lone guinea and she is quite happy, you give her lots of attention and she has things to keep her occupied then I don't think there is no reason to feel sad.

SHe is beautiful as well. I hope you and your daughter enjoy her.
 
Thank you so much arnie squeek. :)

I rang the lady we had her from today and we had a really nice chat.She said she was happy for her to go alone because I do not go out to work-I am in the house everyday.She said if I worked full time and the house was empty and quiet then it would be very unfair for her to be by herself.
I have had her out of her cage 4 times today so far and she will be out again tonight when my daughters home.Some guinea pigs are shoved into a shed by owners who go out to work all day and the only contacet they have is when that person comes home and feeds them-especially during the winter.

Unfortunately we dont live in an ideal world, we just do the best we can.I know that little Bonnie is showered with love and attention-she is already so easy to handle and very friendly.The lady we had her from said that in her experience Teddys are very laid back guinea pigs so therefore dont get as nervous as other piggies.
 
Coconut said:
Just to take the worry away of Amy struggling to get her sleep with her GCSEs I thought I'd add: I literally finished my GCSES in July with my two piggies sleeping in the same room as me throughout this time and I'm a very light sleeper. What me and my sister found was for the first week or two it was harder to get to sleep but after that you get used to them, you don't take the noise as a threat whilst you sleep and so don't wake up as easily. We have five in our room right now (including one very noisy little lady) and they haven't woke me up in weeks (I think the first couple of nights when we went from one quite lady to four they did) and this is (hopefully) how it'll be when my sister does her GCSE's in a year and a half. For a couple of weeks I slept with my head just inches away from the cage and I still slept fine.
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We tried our two boy piggies in Amys room and the noise of them drinking from the water bottle disturbed her every night.Amy is an EXTREMELY light sleeper and if she doent get her sleep she feels quite ill so having two in her room really isnt an option,
 
Amysmom said:
We tried our two boy piggies in Amys room and the noise of them drinking from the water bottle disturbed her every night.Amy is an EXTREMELY light sleeper and if she doent get her sleep she feels quite ill so having two in her room really isnt an option,
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Is it really necessary that Bonnie lives in Amy's bedroom? Perhaps you could think of another place in the house where there is space for a larger cage that would take two pigs? We keep our 3 pigs in the kitchen and what with my terrible coffee habit, I'm in there every hour or so for a quick chat. I appreciate that you're spending time with Bonnie but perhaps somewhere else in the house would let her see more activity during the day if Amy is at school all day.

You're putting a lot of pressure on yourself if you need to keep Bonnie entertained and occupied. A friend for Bonnie would take the pressure of you and you wouldn't feel guilty if you had to be out of the house all day.

Also I don't see why a single pig would be any quieter as a single pig also needs to drink during the night. Just a thought :)
 
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There isnt room anywhere else, we are currently waiting for our garden room to be knocked into our dining room which when thats done there will definately be room.The boys are in the garden room at the moment in their hutch.

I think it can be noisier with 2 as it means the bottle will be used x2, plus they can interact with each other during the night.When the boys were in Amys room Snowball used to shunt Cookie out of the way so that made scuffling sounds as he likes his own space.
 
I hope she doesn't start wheeking to herself, or have a thirst she needs to quench goodness that could be so noisy, at the end of the day your keeping her singly to suit yourself, and continuously justifying it to us to make yourself feel better.

The breeder is wrong, your Guinea Pig would benefit from a friend, as for the above person who says there boy doesn't like Guinea Pigs maybe he's never been boar dating to find his own friend. I think it's fine keeping Guinea Pig's side by side if they fallout but to completely
isolate a guinea pig is not meeting that guinea pig's welfare needs.

Yes some pigs can be better on there own but most owner's let them make the decision, your 6 week old Guinea Pig hasn't had the chance,

I'm glad my parents let me socialise and go out the house, to be frank your teaching your daught a very valuable lesson in ignoring an animals need's to justifty your own, not very fair.
 
My pig has been tried with multiple other pigs from birth in fact and has never got on with any of them, it makes him more distressed to try than to leave him by himself, he will not even accept anyone next to him. He lives a perfectly happy life.
I think what you are saying is not constructive at all, she came on here to show her pig off like everyone else does.
 
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My pig has been tried with multiple other pigs from birth in fact and has never got on with any of them, it makes him more distressed to try than to leave him by himself, he will not even accept anyone next to him. He lives a perfectly happy life.
I think what you are saying is not constructive at all, she came on here to show her pig off like everyone else does.
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I'm not being nasty, I care about the Welfare of the pig if you look back at my comment you will see that I said some pigs choose to live on there own but they are given the choice. A 6 week old pig hasn't been given that choice.
 
Flintstones is right. a 6 week old piggy doesn't have a choice, & it is different for sows anyway as it is very unusual for them not to like other sows, I accept that boars can be more difficult to find a friend for. A 6 week old will squeak for company; her instinct will be to call for her mum & if that happens during the night it could be disruptive. Also some piggies drink more than others, I have one now that is constantly drinking & making noise, where the other 2 don't lol! Most breeders will not sell a single piggy, I recently got a single one only on the basis that I had 2 already for company, so I now have 3.

I have always kept pairs of piggies, & I did keep one on it's own after it's friend died, but it was an informed decision, she was elderly & very tiny so getting a friend for her was not an easy option. Fortunately she was fine, she didn't seem to mind being alone as we were around a lot for cuddles etc. However it was not the ideal situation & I would never recommend it unless it is a last resort. Hopefully Amy will get a friend for her as soon as the building work has finished & Bonnie will be a happy piggy :)
 
Thank you Arnie Squeek-you are so right.

I told Amy I wish she hadnt posted the pic now as we didnt expect the 1st reaction to be 'oh has she got a friend'.
I get the impression you jump on somebody as soon as you see something wrong.

I think your all entirely missing the point-our situation is this FOR NOW,
We dont need to be preached at on how to look after animals.We have always had lots of animals-amy has had many small animals of her own-she is 15 not a small child who doesnt know how to look after an animals welfare!
I as a child had many pets too.

I am not justifying having Bonnie on her own-I dont need to do that, she looks happy and thats all that matters.

While we are at it-most animals are born in litters so you could say all animals should live in pairs-apart from hamsters of course.What about mice? People usually only buy one!

I think you need to be careful that you dont put people off coming on here by preaching.
 
Poor analogies there. Humans are normally born singly, maybe that means they ought to spend their life alone?

Big difference between passion and preaching. People on here are offering sound advice. If your circumstances are such that at the moment you can't offer her a friend then it might have been wise to put off getting another until you CAN offer her what she NEEDS. Great that you can spend lots of time with her but it's not same-species companionship.

I'm going to close this thread, it's just going to go round in circles. It's your choice in the end and it's a shame you've put your own wants over the animal's needs.
 
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