Freela
Senior Guinea Pig
After 2 weeks of quarantine, we introduced Sundae and Hadley today. It seemed to go really well! We put towels down in our bathtub to provide a neutral, open environment. At first they mutually ignored each other, but once Sundae finally stretched out to give Hadley a sniff, Hadley got really excited and came running over! After lots of squeaking, rumbling, and mounting, they finally settled down, groomed each other's faces a bit, and then sat side by side. I'm not sure who came out on top... but most of the rumbling/mounting came from Hadley. Sundae was always the extremely submissive pig with Linney, so she just may have carried on being submissive even with Hadley, who is four years younger and about half her size! LOL! We cleaned out the cage and gave it a good scrubbing and let them both in and all seems to be going well. No scraps, and they are intermittently doing their own thing (eating, drinking, etc.) and sometimes they are both in the pigloo together. It's good to see Sundae accept another companion, as she seemed very down on her own. And Hadley already seems less skittish- she doesn't bolt every time we walk by, at any rate! 
