Guinea Pig Bonding with Gari the Teddy
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- Bonding boy guinea pigs can be a challenge. In my experience at the Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue, bonding any two boys is about 20% successful. We have so many boys that need good homes, so we usually can find a match. Gari is a crazy teenage guinea pig and he has been too aggressive with all of his matches. Many of the links above are affiliate links. These help support my rescue efforts. As an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases. They ad no extra cost to you.
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Gary you trouble maker!
This video might actually increase julian’s chances of being adopted. Because now people will see how non confrontational he is. He just needs a buddy that once dominance is established won’t continue asserting it 24/7
To those viewers who are concerned about the skinny pig girl who is on Pine bedding, that was just temporary and she is now on a completely fleece lined cage.
Can you do a video on all the beddings and they're pros and cons. I saw a video you said kiln dried pine is okay and I was thinking of switching to that but idk
I've had bores all my life....I'm 32 and had piggies sense age 12....and I've always used pine bedding with no repercussions and health problems on their part....each one with a vary healthy life span😊
With that said....it must be changed often and can become vary expensive with three+piggies per c&c cage
Ok... much talk about ginnybedding... What to do as human and not liking beds... I sleep in my sofa.. Found it outside a house in the village with a sign'take it or leave it' I took it. All my furniture from dumpsters or leftovers some where else from... Have a Charles Jourdansofa found among some birchtrees waiting for The collectingvan some years ago.. rolled it home like a football among the trees.. and stopped some times for a little nap as it was very heavy. (hove qute the piggies chazing eachother in the middle of this vid🌞❤️please read my directinsta to You, I beg You, M
even it didnt work, everyone can clearly see the character of julian. may be it helps, that he find a home soon. and the skinnypig with the spots is sooo special. 😍
She looked like Rudi!
Hey Scotty, just looking over the comments. You know someone had a good idea! Neutering male piggies is considered pretty safe, so why not nueter Gari and get him a girl piggy?! I think it's a great idea, Skinnypigs1 is doing it, and she's pretty careful about things, and besides, a neutered male and a female is a perfect match!
I know some people are quite nervous about risks for neutering. It is a lot to think about and take in. Scott does have access to a lot of different males to try vs the average person who can't keep taking in more and more piggies LOL so I understand him trying the male with male approach. If he did have an excellent vet for neutering, pairing Gary with a baby female would work like a dream.
You are correct, Susan.
Lol..you just HAD to say carrot.. My pigs started wheekin' at the word..
Poor Gari - I can see things from your perspective not wanting to get him neutered, but then he's probably looking at a life of either being on his own or with a partner that he just barely gets along with, or even multiple partners that end up not working (just going off all the non-matches he's had already). It's a tough choice but great that you're trying so hard to find him a buddy :)
Gary seems to be too hormonal at the moment...
That's stressful for the one that's being chased.
gari is one of the cutest pigs ive ever seen. julian is so sweet and kind he will be a great blessing for someone.
I was holding my breath throughout this video! I just want Gari to find a friend. And poor Jullian, he's such a sweetheart he deserves the best. Would a young baby work better for Gari because there'd be less chance of fighting between them?
Love the pigs,you do great work and videos are super helpful
Gari looks like a little capybara. He's adorable. 💙
Gary is just the cutest thing ever!
Awww I really hoped this match would work Scotty! I am super attached to Julian, he was born here and has been here for quite some time. I spend a lot of time gentling him as well to make him more adoptable. You may want to try Mancha, the older abby boy next. I think he may be a great match. Saskia
Saskia I just wanted to say, even though it's been 4 months since you wrote this. You are an AMAZING person, along with Scott. I am a SO Cal born/raise native and live in Missouri now. I just wish you all were out here or that we had a place as amazing as the rescue you have. Thank you for being a loving person and taking care of these special little creatures.
Saskia from Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue how do you gentle a guinea Pig?
I love you and Gary so much! I have three little boy pigs and I love to watch your videos with them! 💕
Can't believe some ppl didn't like this. They have no soul.
Bless you're doing your best for little Gary, have hope you'll get there! I'm gonna watch the rest tomorrow. Its night nights here. Hope you and your little fluffs are well xxxx
omggg when they laid together eating 🥺🥺😭❤️
Julian is such a sweet boy
Julia is a cutie. He is sweet that he’d rather not fight back. Hope Gary calms down and can be copacetic.
I'm hoping that Gari and Julian can be buddies and good cagemates. They are so cute together.
If i lived anywhere near LA I’d get Julian in a heartbeat
I hope Julien gets a home soon. Such a kind soul deserves one. He looks likes my once was Dr. Bacon (white with two orange patches, red eyes and confirmed by vet by test albino) I think my next guinea pig and any g.pig thereafter, will have red eyes. They are and forever will be my favorite.
Soooo funny when you gave Gary & Julian the carrot, and then all the weeeking commenced from all the guinea pigs lol. Love your guinea pigs, your videos, and the way you give them the same level of care as I give to my heard of guinea pigs. I did have a heard of 7 guinea pigs. Though sadly my oldest passed away August last year (2018), her name was Poochie. Then we sadly lost Emi Bubbles 2nd Jan this year, both I'm still heartbroken over. I just wanted to say watching your videos really makes me so happy. I love learning more about guinea pigs. As i feel even though I know a fair amount that I can also always learn even more valuable information. Thank you for everything you do for us and all the guinea pigs too :)
I can vibe with Gari on being anti-social lol
It looks like Gari and Julian will make it work together.👍🏻
Gari's 'adversaries'. 😃
Gary is so adorable.
Love your videos so much
Aww poor Julian. Gary is being a poopy-head, but he's so handsome. I wish you could find him a friend. Keep trying, maybe you'll find a friend for him another day. Must be so frustrating. That skinny pig was adorable, I know somebody that's going to like her....
Julian deserves a pig partner that has been beat up on like he has and will not be aggressive!
I think their nature requires a big dog- leader of the pack
Oh I was so hoping it'd work out for Gary this time...I now know that keeping my fingers crossed for 20minutes makes them go numb! Virtual fingers crossed for next time 😊
Omg I can't stand it, Gary is so flippin cute!!!!!!!!!
Praying it works out for Gary and his new roommate. Gary boy is a cutie pie❤️
Julian is trying to tell you, he wants out of that cage. He stood up on his hind legs, leaned against the gate in hopes someone would notice. : (
HELLO!! Rescue poor Julian. 😞
We don't have a guinea pig rescue so I adopted my boys from 2 different shelters. They were ok for a week but the neutered male was relentless with the older intact male so they are separate but are close so they know they are not alone. Was definitely not expecting to have 2 cages but there you go, you just never know 😀.
Gary is beautiful!
Gari is so cute with his carrot!
I wish I lived closer. Indiana here. I would love julian!
aww i was hoping gari and julian would work out :((( also the first pig, champion, is so adorable if i lived in LA he'd be coming home with me
2:35 that push he did with his hip LOL 😆 "outta my way!"
Julian, what a cool name for a guinea pig.
Watching this as my guinea pig crawls through my sweatshirt sleeve😂
Scotty I'm going to make a couple short vids for you....see if they help at all. I have seven male piggies: a trio and two pairs. And of course I am 20 years older, so I think I know everything! hahaha
You need an abyssinian for him. My teddy Theodore and (omg brain farting on his name!) got along great!
I think if Gari understood that the idea is to find him a cage mate, he might work it out. Of course, the same goes for the other pig.
Gari is adorable
I love my two boys! They’re only about 2-3 weeks apart in age, and I bonded them myself. I bonded differently than you did, in a much bigger area and huge piles of veggies and hay. I don’t blame you for not wanting to neuter. I chose to give it a shot with two males because I wasn’t willing to risk it either. Keep in mind, males need at least a 2x5 C&C to be happy together. Males go through puberty phases until about 18 months and will get very testy. Never separate unless blood is drawn or it makes the bonding process worse! My boys have had little tiffs, but we all 3 stuck it out, and they’re best friends now! I personally wouldn’t have separated these two just because it is a dominance dance, not a fight. Poor Julian.. Good luck!!
I had a female so dominant she fought with all four of my piggies. So, to debunk rumours that a pig can't be happy alone, I present Chloe. A pig who lived happy with me for almost eight years, as a single.
Yeah
U did the right thing Scott
Gari is a cutie patootie
Good luck Gary!!!! If it doesn’t work what about a spayed sow??? He could have a gf like my Spike who is neutered.Spike and Kahlua are very bonded.😊❤️😊
Julian looks so sweet I love red guinea pigs! Maybe Gari would be ok with a spayed female or something?
Julian will be adopted, for sure.
Awwww....I was hoping that would've worked.
This might be a crazy suggestion, but is there another Rescue in CA that alters its females? Metropolitan spays all females. I also remember hearing about fixed GPs showing up at your Rescue from time to time. I have 2 pretty aggressive neutered males and I can’t imagine them living with other males. It’s amazing how many males you can get to lo Bond. Bad bonds are no joke. A couple of years ago I didn’t realize my pigs were having problems until my female ended up with 13 stitches. We were very lucky we found her in time and had a good vet. And this was in a 2x 5 C&C.
I would try ababy guinea pig if that doesn't work Maybe he might be a lone boar I had one that was very aggressive and could not be paired at all
8:03 I just found a way for my pig to exercise :D
myy teddy looks so much like thzt one and it has a small white patch
I noticed the way they kind of turn sideways before they attack. Cats do that as well.
Why do people not like red eye pigs? Mines the sweetest little girl.
First please go get Julian, bring him home, and put him in a side by side cage next to Gar-Bear. I believe they have a excellent chance. Then watch bossy boots' vids for you(mine!)
Hey Scotty you i losing a guinea pig doing surgery it happened to me almost a year ago I have a boy Pig and I took him into getting neutered and he died a couple hours after he get out of surgery it broke my heart so bad and I still can't get over it till this day I still cry for my little buzz
Oh Lori, I'm so sorry to hear about your little Buzz! But I appreciate your comment because people can realize that it is a risk and that there are actually real piggies out there affected.
Poor Julian😢
I live near San Francisco, would I be able to drive to la and get two pigs?? Or do they get too upset with a long car ride like that. I ordered a cage from guineapigcages.com and I want to get all the supplies before I get them
Curious to hear about them traveling a long distance. I will be moving in a couple of months and will need to drive 6-7 hours with my rescue boar, 2 dogs, 3 cats 😲
Y do you split it up so fast? My boys diplayed the almost all the same behaviors. But i let them work it out for an hour or so and they were fine. They chase eachother sometimes and dont like to share pellet bowls but they live fine with eachother
I can tell if they're about to bite each other
Too many bondings might make him have a negative experience of future bondings?
*Scott* I'm not a vet nor very educated on meds piggies can have but would it be possible to give a piggie like Billy and Gary who are very aggressive spirinolactone? Aggression is basically high levels of testosterone and spirinolactone neutralizes testosterone. So in extremely low dose it would lower Gary's testosterone making him more mellow and less aggressive. Same for Billy. It's not horribly expensive and you can buy it online and it's taken orally so maybe if Saskia or a vet thinks it's a good idea you could give it to both Gary and Billy then after a week or so you could even put them back together.
See piggies are just like people, we all produce chemicals differently some people produce to much testosterone or estrogen, some people produce to much adrenaline, etc. Just because there aren't any endocrinologists for piggies doesn't mean we shouldn't consider the same chemical imbalances. Like I said I'm not a vet so this idea could be horrible or possibly stupid? But it's an idea that came to me and it's worth investigation. Let me know what you think Scott.
Easiest thing would be to neuter him and pair him with a baby female :)
@@skinnypigs1 definitely but I respect Scott's decision not to nueter because the risk is too big for him. I've nuetered one of my male piggies and it wasn't a big deal but I understand his anxiety behind it. Which is why I suggested the spirinolactone.
I think you have to change the fleece as well in between?😘😢
Is Julian still at the rescue ?
Should each pig have their own hideout?
Ok love you
When u had champion in there that’s what my guinea pigs did my new one and my other one I let them do it they walked away from each other did it again then stoped and now they r going to have there first night in the Midwest cage without the divider I have hopes
Then the new one started popcorning and was happy they still fight alittle but not as bad I’m very happy about that
I still can't believe that people wouldn't want a red eyed piggie! I just can't believe it! That never even would enter my mind when adopting a piggy. How can people be so absolutely ridiculous! It boggles my mind!
What is supposed to be wrong with red-eyes? I'm only curious.
I have 3 guinea pigs and 2 of them bully the other one. It's so sad cause I have to seperate them. They use to get along idk what happened.
I have 2 male guinea pigs Teddy. Over. 2 years old. Nicky is under a 1 year. In the beginning I thought they would be okay together now I have to keep them separate do to fighting. They in separate cages side by side
Why is neutering surgery risky? One of my boys hasn't dropped both baby makers and a hard lump has developed in the no baby maker side. I've been told it can cause cancer if I don't have my boy chopped. I don't want to mess with His natural bits but will if I've no other way. Gimli is 18 months old
Might want to talk to the vet. I have a list of vets on my website. It is a risky surgery because very frequently the incision site gets infected and also very frequently the boys do not wake up. With an experienced vet there should be nothing to worry about but I have seen and heard a lot of sad stories. At the Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue we only keep same six pairs and groups of girls. Neutering is more crucial for rabbits and other animals. Yes it is true a spaying surgery can often prevent complications in female reproductive health. Please talk to a vet about it
Again, I have to agree with the others, at this point neutering and trying to work it out with some sows would be better.
My guinea pigs is the same color and he don't want to get back in his cage
Poor Gari :'(
Of the two pigs, I like Julian better.
lol, 500 laps....
gari doesn't take shit from anyone..
i want to bond my piggy poopie a long hair male. i dont have the benefits to try bonding before buying
(: who has no idea
I know you do know your stuff with guinea pigs, but you're too hasty to remove a pig from the situation, you have to let them get through that part there isn't any fighting or biting or blood being drawn or anything like that, but because they were bonded elsewhere they need to re evaluate who is in charge once they go into the cage (just bonded the 6th boar into my group so I know a few things about bonding boars) you have to let them hump it out though, teeth chattering is fine as long as it stays to that, I even have a pair of boys who a few months ago had a fight, I re bonded them after that and now they're happy to a point where they cuddle each other when they sleep
Long story short, stop being so hasty with taking the pig out the situation! Especially when you lift him out in the middle of it it just restarts it, let him hump it out and they will both be happy by the next day
Hi Lucas, thank you for your insightful comment I too have a lot of experience with this I have been bonding boys for over 5 years. I have done thousands of bondings. In this case with the very first Bond Champion you can see in real time they were going to fight. In the second case with Julian as I mentioned Julian was surrendered because he was in a situation where he was bullied. There's no reason to bond two boys together when one of them is constantly bullied and picked on. We have many guinea pigs to choose from and I want the best life for them. If you watch my other videos you will see that I absolutely do not remove them too early but in the case with champion there was about to be biting and in the case with Julie and as I mentioned he was being relentlessly humped for hours on end and that is not the situation that he deserves. Your comments and experience are very valuable to this Channel and all of the subscriber so please continue to provide your valuable insight
@@ScottysAnimals yeah I do agree with it looking like they were going to fight, it might just be from my perspective because of seeing the editted down version instead of the full thing if you know what I mean? I trust you know what you're doing with them as you have some very happy piggies, I hope Gary finds a friend as he is a stunning pig!
And keep up the good content too, really enjoy watching your stuff :)
PUT cbd on Gari
I managed to bond my boars for the first try. And now according to this video i see its not that easy and I was just super lucky. Its just sad that most people buy ONLY females. There are many males in the rescues because people dont want to deal with them.
Why don’t you just put some kind of color on him so you know which one is him put him in a room of a whole bunch of boys and let him pick out who is going to be his buddy
Doesn't work like that. Watch my bonding rules and bonding playlist www.scottysanimals.com
Scott I have tried and tried to get across the point to Saskia that skinnies should not be housed on the wood shavings and need soft fleece items in their cage. It saddens me to no end to see that skinny in the video on the wood with nothing soft to lay on. And if thats the pregnancy watch cage like I think it is she will have to deliver hairless babies on those shavings. In the very least they should have care fresh! I have offered to foster skinnies at the rescue too and its not like I am some random person offering this, but I was told no. Its just so sad :-( Maybe you can talk to her. I really have tried.
Valerie'sZoo scotty, Valerie put another comment on the video about this earlier aswell, so not sure if you’ll be replying but might be best to speak about Valerie’s concerns privately instead of on the page of this video as it is sad to think people aren’t sure you’re doing the right thing by your pigs at the rescue. It seems Valerie only has the pigs best interest at heart like you always do, and we all do too as pig lovers. I hope you guys can talk and sort it out. You all are amazing xx
Lorraine I understand your concern that maybe this should be addressed privately. It actually has been addressed several weeks back between myself and Saskia at the rescue. When I saw this skinny pop up in this public video I wanted to say something so that others watching will know that this is not the way they should be kept. While I do not think that Saskia or anyone at the rescue has ill intentions as far as the skinny pigs go, I believe that they just don’t get how important it is that they are housed in a specific way. This is the first year that the rescue has taken in skinnies and I believe there is a learning curve which is something I was trying to help with. Not trying to bash the rescue because if anyone knows me I only have the best interests of the pigs in mind. I have been a part of this rescue on different levels for many years so I do have first hand knowledge of what I speak of. No one is above learning new things, not me, not scott,, not any of the other volunteers and certainly not the founder of the rescue. As responsible rescuers its our job to always continue to improve and seek out knowledge so that we can be the best we can be for these animals that are in our care. If we don’t speak up for them no one else will. Its our job to work TOGETHER, set ego’s aside and do whats best for the pigs.
Valerie'sZoo 100% agree! No one thinks you’re bashing the rescue! Every day we learn with our animals and always try to educate others. I am aware of what you were trying to do, to make sure other people that might get skinnies don’t view this and then think it’s okay to house them on shavings, I totally understand that was your intention. Im sure saskia and Scott will address this either on this video or to you privately, but it’s all in the interest of the pigs we all can see that. Everyone involved in the rescue and indeed all rescues are doing amazing things and no matter how long we might have had pigs we still must be open to learn and change if necessary for the pigs. Thanks Valerie from another piggie crazy person from the UK
Yes, the skinny pigs certainly need at bare minimum warm beds/tunnels to be in while sleeping to help keep them warm (especially at night if cooler out). As for bedding, soft bedding would be ideal, especially if any skin irritations are showing up or if they are itching a lot. Fleece truly is best for them, really keeps the heat in and is so soft on their skin.
The guinea pig was only in that cage temporarily because of a shortage of space, and that is not a pregnancy nursery and that guinea pig is not pregnant and now that we have more space after adoption day the guinea pig has been moved to a fleece cage where she is more comfortable, but she spent the entire day rummaging in a giant haypile.
Unless a Male is neutered I would never get a male!