Welcoming home a new guinea pig!

[Laura M.]

In the summer, Severus died and we looked for a partner for Neville. We found a young boar, but they did not match. After a long time on a rescue's waiting list, we were recently able to surrender Little One (he was bonded and adopted in only a week, and it sounds like a perfect bond) and get Neville bonded. Last night, I picked up Neville and Muddy from Little Wheekers, Bristol. Apparently, they are a great pair. They look so similar (I will add photos from my phone), sometimes I cannot tell whose bottom it whose, yet they have almost opposite colours on their faces. Muddy is a friendly guinea pig, so I hope that he can teach Neville a thing or two, maybe even wheek!
Also, how do I tell which one is more dominant?

 

[Laura M.]

These are the promised pictures, Neville is the one with the white face and crest, Muddy has a mostly black face and a Cruella-style back.

 

[Wiebke]

What a cutie! You must be so chuffed that the long wait has been worth it.

If you can't tell who is dominant, then please feel blessed because it doesn't matter for the boys, either. It means that they are very happy and relaxed with other.

 

[Freela]

So cute! They are like little opposite buddies! LOL!

 

[weepweeps]

Your boys are lovely. I have two boars and it’s quite difficult to tell who’s the boss. Percy does the rumble strutting and sometimes pees on Pepper. So I think he’s slightly top pig. But Pepper will tell Percy off when he’s sleeping and Percy gets too close. If you keep watching them you’ll see some slight signs. But they sound very happy with each other.

 

[aleeza]

they're so cute, and i love the names!

 

[Bill & Ted]

Aw gorgeou boys, you blessed if you can’t work out who is the boss, it means they are very suited with each other. My Bill and Ted were like that, I never really knew who was boss they were so chilled together

 

[Swissgreys]

So happy that you had such a great outcome in the end, and your boys are beautiful.

 

[Laura M.]

 

[Bill & Ted]

Beautiful, bet you are made up

 

[Laura M.]

Beautiful, bet you are made up

Yeah, there's still some rumbling and chattering, but apparently that is supposed to happen for a little while after moving back here.

Also, Muddy is much louder than Neville, and makes noises that sound like him murdering Neville, only for me to find Neville chilling and eating hay, and at the other end of the pen is Muddy is yelling excessively and running about with a box on his head!