Piggies with their companions

[Hannah_xx]

I love the interaction between piggies and their friends. As we all know on this forum how important it is for Guinea pigs to have the same species companionship, I thought it would be good to share photos of our piggies enjoying each other company. For those new to Guinea pigs and don’t quite believe how important it is for their welfare and wellbeing.
Most Guineas do not sleep next to each other or massively share close proximity, But they certainly do communicate in many different ways through sound, body language and subtle communication we would sometimes wouldn’t pick up on. They also share bonds through grooming each other such as eye licking shown here lovingly by Emily cleaning Buttons eyes. Emily is the chief eye cleaner in the trio, She often licks both Buttons and Lions eyes. Sadly I rarely see anyone return the favour to her! But it’s ever so sweet how persistent she is about doing it everyday.



Here are some food time photos, another great friendship and relationship building activity.





Please share photos of your piggies enjoying each others company..!

 

[Ramia]

My Stripe and Chesney don't really groom each other but they do chut and wheek at the same time. And Stripe lays down the law with his rumbling. Chesney always squeals in submission.

 

[Betsy]

Here's some of mine.

An old one of RB Piggies Cutey Pie Dennis and The Ever Beautiful Betsy. Dennis absolutely adored The Ever Beautiful Betsy.




Another old one of RB Piggies DA BOSS Velvet having a chat with Silver Fox Christian





Current piggies Thea, Misty and Bramble sharing breakfast

 

[Hannah_xx]

gorgeous memories @Betsy . So lovely seeing piggies so comfortable with each other that they share a very close space together

 

[LucyP]

Lovely pics!

Here is Rainbow pig Mabel and her friend Winnie the Minnie guinea working together on some carrot cottage demolition work.

 

[Bertie & Jelly]

This might be taking companionship a bit far. RB piggie Bert showing his love for RB piggie Jelly (who can just be seen squashed under Bert ). They were great companions.

 

[weepweeps]

Pebble showing baby Patrick the ropes on what is safe to eat.

 

[Ramia]

Pebble showing baby Patrick the ropes on what is safe to eat.

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I love the funky hair on that one on the left!

 

[weepweeps]

I love the funky hair on that one on the left!

That’s Pebble

 

[LucyP]

Here’s betty and Winnie doing some joint begging.

 

[Zanzan]

Pebbles and Merry doing some teamwork


Merry and Pepper having a date in the fleece forest


And rainbow piggies Hunca Munca and Lucinda doing....well I'm not really sure

 

[munchmonster]

Here's my 3 - Whisper, Daphne (white) and Russell (black) - sharing a hay cookie treat

 

[Merab]

Sharing the mashed banana

Micah guarding his beloved Ruth

Sharing a lettuce leaf

Micah was an obsessive eye licker

Micah and Ruth were my last 2 piggies - for now.

 

[Kay701]

Honey and Waffle love spending time together especially eating!

I've definitely seen how important it is to have piggies together. Waffle is more curiosity-orientated and would explore the room in early floor times, but honey would stick with the food - however waffle would run and tell honey about exciting discoveries and bring her out to show her! now Honey is happy exploring on her own but she never could have got there without waffle's support. They still both tell each other about discoveries and explore together, sometimes one goes to tell the other and wake them up when I come in the room so they can wheek at me together! Also when one of them gets spooked by something and the other is fine, i direct the fine one towards the scared one, and the scared one always immediately cheers up when their friend shows them it's okay so adorable!

Here are some pictures!

Using the snuffle mat together:


Eating pepper together:


Eating hay together (this lasted harmoniously with waffle inside the hay pile and honey on top of it until honey accidentally climbed onto waffle to reach a high up piece!):



Sleeping next to each other - they sometimes want their own space to sleep but very regularly sleep next to each other in their favourite hideout!:


Here is a rare moment where they shared this box and became a two-headed piggy!:

 

[RosieLily]

Oh I love this thread!

Rosie and Lily don’t snuggle like they did when they were babies, but they still have a very sweet and stable bond.




Sure they bicker sometimes, but Rosie always makes up with kisses.



Being separated for 5 minutes is also very dramatic in this house.



They tend to sleep and do everything together :’)





And the cuteness of this pic almost ended me.

 

[LucyP]

OMG, so much cuteness on this thread!

 

[TotallyBoarsome]

Dougals and Paul love to be in the same place at the exact same time (even if this sometimes casues them to bicker!). They do love to munch hay together, and sleep next to each other peacefully too (at least most of the time....)

 

[LucyP]

So cute!

I’m really enjoying see these gorgeous pigs I’ve never seen before on here, as well as some forum legends from the past. Talking of which, we need a pic of swissgreys Ruby and the coconut!

 

[Ramia]

Honey and Waffle love spending time together especially eating!

I've definitely seen how important it is to have piggies together. Waffle is more curiosity-orientated and would explore the room in early floor times, but honey would stick with the food - however waffle would run and tell honey about exciting discoveries and bring her out to show her! now Honey is happy exploring on her own but she never could have got there without waffle's support. They still both tell each other about discoveries and explore together, sometimes one goes to tell the other and wake them up when I come in the room so they can wheek at me together! Also when one of them gets spooked by something and the other is fine, i direct the fine one towards the scared one, and the scared one always immediately cheers up when their friend shows them it's okay so adorable!

Here are some pictures!

Using the snuffle mat together:
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Eating pepper together:
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Eating hay together (this lasted harmoniously with waffle inside the hay pile and honey on top of it until honey accidentally climbed onto waffle to reach a high up piece!):

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Sleeping next to each other - they sometimes want their own space to sleep but very regularly sleep next to each other in their favourite hideout!:
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Here is a rare moment where they shared this box and became a two-headed piggy!:
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Love their hair! Kind of like a bob haircut.

 

[weepweeps]

So cute!

I’m really enjoying see these gorgeous pigs I’ve never seen before on here, as well as some forum legends from the past. Talking of which, we need a pic of swissgreys Ruby and the coconut!

I love that story.

 

[fluffysal]

Mischievous Master Boris teaching Dignified Sir George to bite the cage bars

 

[Bill & Ted]

My Bill and Ted had such a great bond, always together

 

[Bill & Ted]

Posh and Ginger sharing a tunnel!

 

[Bill & Ted]

Hector and Kiki having a nap

 

[LucyP]

That nap picture!

 

[LucyP]

Posh and Ginger sharing a tunnel!

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Adorable

 

[LucyP]

My Bill and Ted had such a great bond, always together

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What lovely looking pigs!

 

[fluffysal]

That one of Hector and Kiki...

 

[Jaidy88]

I haven't seen my piggies cuddled up yet but they seem content with each other for now.... 3 Boar siblings

 

[Cait_lin]

I love the interaction between piggies and their friends. As we all know on this forum how important it is for Guinea pigs to have the same species companionship, I thought it would be good to share photos of our piggies enjoying each other company. For those new to Guinea pigs and don’t quite believe how important it is for their welfare and wellbeing.
Most Guineas do not sleep next to each other or massively share close proximity, But they certainly do communicate in many different ways through sound, body language and subtle communication we would sometimes wouldn’t pick up on. They also share bonds through grooming each other such as eye licking shown here lovingly by Emily cleaning Buttons eyes. Emily is the chief eye cleaner in the trio, She often licks both Buttons and Lions eyes. Sadly I rarely see anyone return the favour to her! But it’s ever so sweet how persistent she is about doing it everyday.

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Here are some food time photos, another great friendship and relationship building activity.
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Please share photos of your piggies enjoying each others company..!

AWW your piggies are so adorable, I could cry Love the fleece liner in the first pic too, so cute! What happy piggies