Winterfell
New Born Pup
Sadly my old boar Eddard recently passed and was the sweetest pig, 23 guinea pigs have come and gone across the years, but the constant is I have always had boars.
I am thinking of 'switching' to be a sow piggy keeper, I've had fall outs, bullying the works leading to boars kept side by side, and the circle of life leading to rebonding and more. I was thinking to look to get 3-4 sows, as then I can add more sows.
I am particularly fond of sheltie's but do not see them very often, most of my piggy have been smooth but have had peruvian, crested and a teddy. One of my sweet boars who passed in 2014 was a Teddy, he use to bully everyone i tried to bond him with so in the end he lived next to another boar quite happily. He was also the largest I ever remember having
Has anyone moved from looking after one sex of guinea to the other and for similar reasons? Should I really start with a trio and work upwards? Indoor living only in my C&C cages. Hopefully sows are still as friendly as i have found boars to be.
I am looking to get younger guineas, around sub 10 weeks, but there was one ad i was looking at, it made me sad to see that it was a sow and her 3 babies, my main concern is 2 are female and 1 is male and I am not sure if they have seperate. If i took the 4 I'd end up with a boar again but would have to seperate him until I can get him neutered. Then there is a concern if they have not seperated they may be moving them on because of pregnancy. But I feel bad for these guineas and am concerned for their welfare, and if I should do anything or not, I don't know where they could end up.
I am thinking of 'switching' to be a sow piggy keeper, I've had fall outs, bullying the works leading to boars kept side by side, and the circle of life leading to rebonding and more. I was thinking to look to get 3-4 sows, as then I can add more sows.
I am particularly fond of sheltie's but do not see them very often, most of my piggy have been smooth but have had peruvian, crested and a teddy. One of my sweet boars who passed in 2014 was a Teddy, he use to bully everyone i tried to bond him with so in the end he lived next to another boar quite happily. He was also the largest I ever remember having
Has anyone moved from looking after one sex of guinea to the other and for similar reasons? Should I really start with a trio and work upwards? Indoor living only in my C&C cages. Hopefully sows are still as friendly as i have found boars to be.
I am looking to get younger guineas, around sub 10 weeks, but there was one ad i was looking at, it made me sad to see that it was a sow and her 3 babies, my main concern is 2 are female and 1 is male and I am not sure if they have seperate. If i took the 4 I'd end up with a boar again but would have to seperate him until I can get him neutered. Then there is a concern if they have not seperated they may be moving them on because of pregnancy. But I feel bad for these guineas and am concerned for their welfare, and if I should do anything or not, I don't know where they could end up.