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I'm on planning on getting a new piggy but i wondered if i did want 2 could i?
ive had ming scince saturday and they r 9 weeks I'm just curiose:).
 
You have 2 boys? Are you meaning to put the new one with them? If so I would not advise it, as from previous posts it looks like they still haven't established dominance, they still have there teenage stage to get though! If you put another boy pig in that could upset things further!

Also you would need a bigger cage, which can be expensive and if they fall out you would need lots more cages!

You 100% can't put a girl with 2 boys they would fight over the girl(not to mention if she wasn't spay she could get pregnant), Trios in males are extremely rare and even the most experienced piggie person would struggle with a trio but can be done but I wouldn't advise it, IT's all down to the pigs and there personalities. Theyare not very common!
 
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I would not recommend keeping more than 2 boys. Even then the chance of fight and fall-outs is there when they reach puberty.

Introducing another one can easily end up with you having three single boars that won't go back together! Best leave be!

You can try and "doggy-train" your boys instead. Guinea pigs can understand and learn a few commands - "no!" is sadly not one of them! It will take some patience though and you should never shout at them or hit out at them. I have trained some of my guinea pigs to follow me (with food in my hand at first) or come to me for food. Or go into an upturned pigloo or hut for picking up.
 
I would stick with the two you have for now! You need to get used to owning guinea pigs before you start adding to your collection. Adding guinea pigs together is a bit of a science and is not as easy as we would all like sometimes! I would give it at least 6 to 9 months so you can see how much time the piggies take up and whether you have enough time to cope with more piggies!

Plus i would not keep more than two male piggies together, which would mean a whole new cage and ideally a pair of piggies
 
You've only just got your piggies! You should first learn as much as you can, tame the ones you've got etc.

Perhaps if you had looked up boars before you got them you would have known, oh well. :)
 
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i was just wondering i wouldnt be aloud anyway
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I think you should enjoy the piggies you have, they are so much fun and with 2 it means you can give them both lots more attention! You will see there wonderful personalities come out! :)!

Don't feel bad boars are wonderful wee fella's, be it some may fallout but that isn't them all. You can give them lots more attentions and teach them lots of tricks :))!
 
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