Cuddles With Cavies
Junior Guinea Pig
Okey, so this will be a bit long and I apologise. I’ll try and keep it as brief as possible.
Basically, I had two sows who lived happily. Got a third, who they hated. So the third lived by herself whilst I made plans to get her a friend. Anyway, life got in the way, one of the sows from the original pair got sick and passed away and I also started looking at going away for higher education. Going through the stress of losing the one and knowing that I would be moving away from home in a year or so I didn’t feel it was the right time to go and get another piggy, so I tried bonding the two I had left. They still hated each other’s guts, so instead I settled for them living next door to each other in separate cages.
Since then, they’ve calmed down a hell of a lot. They no longer rumble at each other or teeth chatter. In fact, I find them quite often lying down side by down on each side of the divider.
So my question is, do I try a bond them?
My concerns are this:
These two girls have gone through 3 failed bonding attempts already.
The one is an older girl, 5yrs with arthritis in her knees.
And neither of them have had to share their homes with another piggy for 6months.
What are people’s take on this? In your opinion/experience is it wise to try and bond them, or just let sleeping dogs lie and be happy that they seem to enjoy each other’s company through a divider?
Basically, I had two sows who lived happily. Got a third, who they hated. So the third lived by herself whilst I made plans to get her a friend. Anyway, life got in the way, one of the sows from the original pair got sick and passed away and I also started looking at going away for higher education. Going through the stress of losing the one and knowing that I would be moving away from home in a year or so I didn’t feel it was the right time to go and get another piggy, so I tried bonding the two I had left. They still hated each other’s guts, so instead I settled for them living next door to each other in separate cages.
Since then, they’ve calmed down a hell of a lot. They no longer rumble at each other or teeth chatter. In fact, I find them quite often lying down side by down on each side of the divider.
So my question is, do I try a bond them?
My concerns are this:
These two girls have gone through 3 failed bonding attempts already.
The one is an older girl, 5yrs with arthritis in her knees.
And neither of them have had to share their homes with another piggy for 6months.
What are people’s take on this? In your opinion/experience is it wise to try and bond them, or just let sleeping dogs lie and be happy that they seem to enjoy each other’s company through a divider?
