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I Have just joined this forum and this is my first post,I'm upset because the other forum I first joined refused to post my posts because i hadnt capitalized and used proper grammer on a few things,I really needed advice and i think its insensitive to people who may not be that great at grammer!Not only that but the post was important and i really needed advice,I asked why they required perfect grammer and i had the reply "because this is an adult forum and we require adult vocabulary" I feel really be-littled:(,I'm having a hard enough time right now trying to introduce my two guineas without my asking for advice being thrown back at me.
 
Your typing looks fine and perfectly understandable, we don't like 'text speak' on here as it can be hard to read, but yours is fine! Welcome to the forum, hope you get a better greeting here from us! Ask away!

Sophie
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welcome from me too

i am a member of a forum where the spelling nazzi's vet everything (its nothing to do with guinea pigs i should add)

your text , spelling and grammer seems fine

whats the problem you need help with
 
What a shame that you were made to feel like this. Welcome to you and your piggies and I look forward to hearing more about your piggies.
 
Hi! welcome on here!

As long as we can understand what you're saying, you're Ok on here - guinea pigs and their care always come first! We tend to be a friendly bunch.

I hope that the introduction of your piggies has gone OK despite your unfortunate experience.
 
Thank you everyone:) this is such a friendly forum!

About my problem,My first guinea Jacko has been with me for 3 weeks now and seemed a bit lonely,so I bought another male guinea Ruben from the same place, and was reassured they would be fine together as they are both only a few months old.I tried introducing them on neutral ground last night and there was alot of excitement from Jacko,which concerned me as Ruben is very small and i thought he may squish him,he was 'popcorning' and mounting,the mounting was a bit constant but i stuck with it and when things settled i popped them into the cage together which i had cleaned out so it would feel new to them both,I left them alone for an hour,and when i came back Jacko had bitted Rubens little ear,and he had a bit of dried blood,they were snuggled up when i noticed this and seemed fine.However jacko started to mount again,and ruben got really tired with it so I had to seperate them,I feel I have given up too soon,especially as Jacko was sqealing for Ruben when i done this,I felt i couldnt leave them together overnight and cause even more stress for the new pig.I'm in the process of building a C&C cage much bigger and then try to reintroduce them then,but i feel terrible,should I stick with it or are the bites and constant mounting warning signs?
 
Hi LilGuinea85, welcome to the forum. That's truely awful that you were treated that way on any forum let alone a guinea pig forum. There have been times where I haven't understood what people have posted but the polite thing is to ask them to clarify not upset them as they have done you, I can understand why you didn't want to be a part of that forum anymore.

As for your problem if they are both young it shouldn't be too much of a problem pairing them together but some guineas can go together right away after some neutral territory play and some need a little longer and it sounds like yours might be the latter. I have succesfully introduced both a young pair of boars and a mature boar to a young boar and the latter pairing was a lot longer a process...

Firstly you totally did the right thing giving them some supervised neutral play, I would continue to do this even if they can't live together in the cage just yet as it gives them a chance to get to know each other and observe their behaviour, for example are they teeth chattering, mounting etc.

Popcorning is generally something a guinea does when it's happy so really the only thing i'd be cautious of is the mounting as this is Jacko trying to show Ruben that he is dominant and the leader, which is all fine and well if Ruben doesn't mind this but if he starts getting upset by this he might end up in a scuffle or two.

With my older pairing I had 2 cages set up and every few days I swapped the guinea pigs around as well as neutral play and the cages being next to each other...this way the guineas could get used to each others smells.

The final thing you could try is to give them both a bath as this will make sure they both smell similar to each other giving them a chance to get to know each other without feeling threatend

Hope this helps

Debbie & The Cavys
 
LilGuinea85 said:
Thank you everyone:) this is such a friendly forum!

About my problem,My first guinea Jacko has been with me for 3 weeks now and seemed a bit lonely,so I bought another male guinea Ruben from the same place, and was reassured they would be fine together as they are both only a few months old.I tried introducing them on neutral ground last night and there was alot of excitement from Jacko,which concerned me as Ruben is very small and i thought he may squish him,he was 'popcorning' and mounting,the mounting was a bit constant but i stuck with it and when things settled i popped them into the cage together which i had cleaned out so it would feel new to them both,I left them alone for an hour,and when i came back Jacko had bitted Rubens little ear,and he had a bit of dried blood,they were snuggled up when i noticed this and seemed fine.However jacko started to mount again,and ruben got really tired with it so I had to seperate them,I feel I have given up too soon,especially as Jacko was sqealing for Ruben when i done this,I felt i couldnt leave them together overnight and cause even more stress for the new pig.I'm in the process of building a C&C cage much bigger and then try to reintroduce them then,but i feel terrible,should I stick with it or are the bites and constant mounting warning signs?
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Firstly Hi & Welcome :)

I would stick at it. I wouldn't be too worried about a nip on the ear especially as they had settled & the mounting is perfectly normal boar behaviour & him popcorning means he's happy.

You could wait until your C & C is finished to house them together as a bigger space is preferred for boys to lessen the risk of a fall-out. Your bigger boy won't squash the smaller one & once his initial excitement of meeting another piggy has gone he should calm down & as long as Ruben doesn't retaliate when Jacko's mounting him then they should be fine.
Remember to have 2 of everything & when introducing them have nothing in there where one can trap the other in (ie a pigloo). Good Luck with your boys & i hope we see pics of them soon :)
 
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Hello and a big welcome from me :) I am so sorry that you got treated the way that you did from the other forum. Your grammar and spelling look fine to me. This is a very friendly family forum so anybody can join in so long as they respect the rules which to be honest, there aren't that many.
In regards to your question, I agree with what has been said about sticking with it. When I introduced my rescue sow to my existing sow, they didn't get on that well straight away although they were fine living together. They are now the best of friends and are inseparable.
I look forward to seeing more of you and your piggies x
 
When you put them back together, start right at the beginning (neutral ground etc.), as they will start again at square one every single time you separate them. things can be a bit wild at first!
here is a link, so you can judge for youself which behaviour is acceptable, and when they are gearing up for a fight: http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28949

It might help, if you have everything double: huts/hides for sleeping, bowls, water bottles, hay racks, so the dominant boar can't hog it all. Unfortunately, all guinea pigs need to sort out who's top pig at first, before they can settle. That can take only days, but may last weeks.

How old are your boys exactly? Between about 4 months to 1 year, they have a very hormonal phase, where boys want to prove that they the most macho piggy ever! That is when most of the break-us happen.

I wish you and your boys all the best for your second attempt. Bribe them with a nice big plate of food!
 
Hi there and welcome from us in OZ (aka Australia) :)
well..........that wasn't much of a greeting was it......sorry to hear about your past experience :{
Lots of lovely people on here and so much to learn and even offer too!
We all love our piggies and other pets drool
and enjoy many other conversations, have a look around and please feel free to pop up any other threads if you need some help :)

Have another try ............. try again on neutral ground and the 'bath' trick.......have loads of fav treaties on hand and a towel ( to throw over the offender rather than getting your fingers bitten!)
all the best, i do hope they make friends :)
 
Hiya from me - I too am in South Wales so nice to see a fellow welshie on here :)).

I also thought your spelling and grammar were okay. Shame about the other place but lucky for you as it's brought you here! This forum is great the advice you have been given is fab and I reckon you can make this work. You have obviously done a fair bit of research already hence the neutral ground and stuff so you're almost there.

What kind of C&C are you setting up?

I have a C&C and always interested in other peoples!
 
Niki said:
Firstly Hi & Welcome :)

I would stick at it. I wouldn't be too worried about a nip on the ear especially as they had settled & the mounting is perfectly normal boar behaviour & him popcorning means he's happy.

You could wait until your C & C is finished to house them together as a bigger space is preferred for boys to lessen the risk of a fall-out. Your bigger boy won't squash the smaller one & once his initial excitement of meeting another piggy has gone he should calm down & as long as Ruben doesn't retaliate when Jacko's mounting him then they should be fine.
Remember to have 2 of everything & when introducing them have nothing in there where one can trap the other in (ie a pigloo). Good Luck with your boys & i hope we see pics of them soon :)
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Thank you! some really good advice,i will stick at it,I will definately remove anything that may trap them,I hadnt thought of that.thanks again:)
 
LilGuinea85 said:
I Have just joined this forum and this is my first post,I'm upset because the other forum I first joined refused to post my posts because i hadnt capitalized and used proper grammer on a few things,I really needed advice and i think its insensitive to people who may not be that great at grammer!Not only that but the post was important and i really needed advice,I asked why they required perfect grammer and i had the reply "because this is an adult forum and we require adult vocabulary" I feel really be-littled:(,I'm having a hard enough time right now trying to introduce my two guineas without my asking for advice being thrown back at me.
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Grrrr! I can only wonder which forum you had joined. grrrrgrrrrgrrrr
I TOTALLY understand where you are comming from, I had the very exact problems with a forum I had joined at first too.

But then joined this one, people here are so friendly and are great people. You wont get the other side of the cheak here. WE truely want to help. Ask all you need. :)

Welcome to the forum btw! You'll enjoy it here!
 
Hello! I had the same problem as you. I also joined the forum your talking about but I wont mention it! I'm from south wales, where abouts in wales are you from. Ive only joined this forum today and its already much friendly than the other one. I got told off for having the wrong cage and not feeding certain brand of food on the other one.
This one is so much better. A big welcome to you(I know its a bit late).
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