We have a pets at home near us but not a center near us I’m just a bit worried that they won’t get along because my guinea pig wasn’t really friends with the other one and now he seems to be less angry . Will a rescue be better than pets at home adoption ?
You say he wasn’t really friend with the other one and he now seems less angry - such issues occur when two piggies are not correctly matched in their characters.
Yes a rescue would be better. Have a look at our rescue locator on the top banner of the site. It would be far better to travel a distance to find a centre to than go to a pet shop.
The issues you may face if you get a pet shop piggie will be: missexing (and therefore potential pregnancies), illnesses and failed bonds.
You would have to ensure you sex a pet shop piggy yourself as missexing is common.
You would then need to quarantine the new piggy for two weeks to ensure he didn’t have any illnessea
Your other hurdle would be the fact that character compatibility is vital. If you buy a piggy, then you have no idea if your piggy and the new piggy will even like each other. The choice is of course entirely yours, but you would need to prepare a plan b and that would be that the bonding fails and the two piggies would need to live in separate cages permanently .
If you can get to a rescue centre and date your boy so he can choose his own friend, then that risk is greatly reduced. Rescue piggies would also be correctly sexed and vet checked. It’s just the safer option!
I agree that he will benefit from having a friend