New Guinea Pig

[Fotini Rizou]

Hi.. I adopted a new guinea pig yesterday(male), I have my other male guinea pig in different cage. My new guinea pig is 1 month old, and the other ohe about 6 months. I noticed that his behaviour is quite weird from yesterday, their cages are close, and they're smelling each other, my older piggy is vibrating to the other piggy, and moving his hips. I am quite sad because I have only ohe big cage, and the other ohe for the other piggy is smaller, I want to put them together but I can't. Also from the moment I brought the other piggy home, My other ohe won't stop making sounds, and walking all over his cage all the time, he hadn't sit down even for 1minute from yesterday. At least he is eating more hay, because he is looking the young ohe eating hay all the time, he had a problem with hay because I adopted him from a stupid old lady

 

[Jesse's pigs]

Hi so is your plan to eventually bond the two boys? Are you 100% sure both are boys (misexing can happen). And how big is your cages?

The vibrating you're describing is called rumbling and it's very normal behaviour when you bring a new piggy home. Your current piggy is trying to look big and dominant. You are able to bond two boars and it's a common misconception that two boys cannot be friends.

It' be a great idea to try and bond the two of them after the quarantine period (keep the new piggy separate for 2 weeks unless you'r sure he is healthy). Once the quarantining is finished you can try and introduce both piggies in a neutral area. Except more rumbling, mounting, wheeking, nipping and some chasing- all normal dominance behaviour. I advise you check out the bonding threads if that's the way you'e going to go.

 

[Fotini Rizou]

Yes that's my plan, but I am really scared tho. He is healthy because he had a check up, before I brought him home,i adopted him from a good family, not like my other piggy. The normal cage is half of a big room that we don't use (my dad made it) and the other cage for the young piggy is a pet shop cage, I don't have a bigger cage to put him. Probably we will put something to keep them separate in the big cage, I don't know. I will try to bond them, and I hope that this is going to work. Thank you!

 

[Fotini Rizou]

Hi so is your plan to eventually bond the two boys? Are you 100% sure both are boys (misexing can happen). And how big is your cages?

The vibrating you're describing is called rumbling and it's very normal behaviour when you bring a new piggy home. Your current piggy is trying to look big and dominant. You are able to bond two boars and it's a common misconception that two boys cannot be friends.

It' be a great idea to try and bond the two of them after the quarantine period (keep the new piggy separate for 2 weeks unless you'r sure he is healthy). Once the quarantining is finished you can try and introduce both piggies in a neutral area. Except more rumbling, mounting, wheeking, nipping and some chasing- all normal dominance behaviour. I advise you check out the bonding threads if that's the way you'e going to go.

Yes that's my plan, but I am really scared tho. He is healthy because he had a check up, before I brought him home,i adopted him from a good family, not like my other piggy. The normal cage is half of a big room that we don't use (my dad made it) and the other cage for the young piggy is a pet shop cage, I don't have a bigger cage to put him. Probably we will put something to keep them separate in the big cage, I don't know. I will try to bond them, and I hope that this is going to work. Thank you!

 

[Reenie]

The fact you have a lot of space will help. Please make sure you do the bonding exactly as described in the guides on this forum to give yourself a better chance of success. I had a failed bonding before I joined the forum, and I don't know if it could have been successful if I had done it properly. Behaviour during bonding can be difficult to watch, but hang in there, as stopping and starting doesn't work. Lastly - if they don't like each other, and you've done everything right, then you know they just don't like each other, and there's nothing you could do to change that. Oh, and Welcome to the forum x

 

[Wiebke]

Hi.. I adopted a new guinea pig yesterday(male), I have my other male guinea pig in different cage. My new guinea pig is 1 month old, and the other ohe about 6 months. I noticed that his behaviour is quite weird from yesterday, their cages are close, and they're smelling each other, my older piggy is vibrating to the other piggy, and moving his hips. I am quite sad because I have only ohe big cage, and the other ohe for the other piggy is smaller, I want to put them together but I can't. Also from the moment I brought the other piggy home, My other ohe won't stop making sounds, and walking all over his cage all the time, he hadn't sit down even for 1minute from yesterday. At least he is eating more hay, because he is looking the young ohe eating hay all the time, he had a problem with hay because I adopted him from a stupid old lady

Hi! That is perfectly normal behaviour. Of course your boy is excited about piggy company in the house and wants to meet it. The rumblestrutting is mild dominance with which boars decide who is the bigger one and with which they mark their patch. I guess that there is some excited wheeking mixed in there, too?
Please REALLY take the time to read this guide. It tells you a lot about behaviour, bonding and social interaction. You will find it very helpful if you want to make a success of the bonding. It has lots of pictures and some bonding videos, too.
Illustrated Bonding / Dominance Behaviours And Dynamics

Please double check the gender of the baby boy before you put them together, as you should with all new guinea pigs (and even your own if they are singles).
Sexing Guinea Pigs: How to Sex a Guinea Pig

 

[Fotini Rizou]

Yes that's my plan, but I am really scared tho. He is healthy because he had a check up, before I brought him home,i adopted him from a good family, not like my other piggy. The normal cage is half of a big room that we don't use (my dad made it) and the other cage for the young piggy is a pet shop cage, I don't have a bigger cage to put him. Probably we will put something to keep them separate in the big cage, I don't know. I will try to bond them, and I hope that this is going to work. Thank you!

Hi! That is perfectly normal behaviour. Of course your boy is excited about piggy company in the house and wants to meet it. The rumblestrutting is mild dominance with which boars decide who is the bigger one and with which they mark their patch. I guess that there is some excited wheeking mixed in there, too?
Please REALLY take the time to read this guide. It tells you a lot about behaviour, bonding and social interaction. You will find it very helpful if you want to make a success of the bonding. It has lots of pictures and some bonding videos, too.
Illustrated Bonding / Dominance Behaviours And Dynamics

Please double check the gender of the baby boy before you put them together, as you should with all new guinea pigs (and even your own if they are singles).
Sexing Guinea Pigs: How to Sex a Guinea Pig[/QUOTE
I've read it multiple times, but still having some problems to understand some parts because of my english. Yes its a lot excited wheeking that woke me up at 5! Today and the young piggy became more noisy for a reason, (he is not that shy like guinea pigs in the beginning. Now both of them are trying to go to each others cage, and theyre biting they're cages, the baby ohe is starting it first today,also the baby ohe had a wood house but I took it out, cause he was climbing and trying to go to the other cage, what does this mean?

 

[Wiebke]

Bonding is always a leap of faith and a nerve wracking experience. Please follow the tips in our bonding guide and then just sit by without interfering unless they start fighting badly.

 

[Fotini Rizou]

Hi! That is perfectly normal behaviour. Of course your boy is excited about piggy c the house and wants to meet it. The rumblestrutting is mild dominance with which boars decide who is the bigger one and with which they mark their patch. I guess that there is some excited wheeking mixed in there, too?
Please REALLY take the time to read this guide. It tells you a lot about behaviour, bonding and social interaction. You will find it very helpful if you want to make a success of the bonding. It has lots of pictures and some bonding videos, too.
Illustrated Bonding / Dominance Behaviours And Dynamics

Please double check the gender of the baby boy before you put them together, as you should with all new guinea pigs (and even your own if they are singles).
Sexing Guinea Pigs: How to Sex a Guinea Pig

(I think I made a mistake with the answers) Yes there's a lot of wheeking

Bonding is always a leap of faith and a nerve wracking experience. Please follow the tips in our bonding guide and then just sit by without interfering unless they start fighting badly.

I know Did you see my answer? Because something happened to my phone and I can't see what I wrote