Guinea Pig Girl Bonding - Bluster and Fluff
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2018
- Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue Volunteer, Scott tries to introduce two pairs of foster girls. Guinea Pig Girl Bonding is usually about 80% successful. Girls can get along in larger groups and usually figure out how to live together. Scott talks us through the process of Guinea Pig Girl Bonding.
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I think people definitely stop introductions too soon because it looks scary or someone is getting 'picked' on. When in reality it is just guinea pigs communicating and working out their order. I know I have done intros where I hate to see lunges or face offs but you have to see how far they will go. Sometimes all it takes is a few lunges for them to decide they are happy with the arrangements.
Thank you ua-cam.com/users/skinnypigs1 for you wisdom! Your bonding videos are so insightful and inspiring
Yes, this is SO me. Anthropomorphosing the guinea pigs. I was watching Minnie's introduction video on Little Adventure's channel, and kept thinking "oh no, it's like they are a gang, and jumping her in! She sounds so distressed! They keep bullying her! No way I can get guinea pigs now; it's too scary!" But, sure enough, all's well, and I see the proper "whys" we must give them time and space to be guinea pigs.
I definitely get now why it wasn't bad or scary. It was totally me being an overreacting nutcase, because I didn't understand it, yet.
skinnypigs1 I followed your instructions with bonding piggies, and have been really successful! Even when they are bonded, as you say in your videos, they can still teeth chatter at times, but as long as it’s not going on too long, it’s okay. You guys both, you and Scott, have taught us so much, and you, Skinnypigs1, have been my golden standard of care that I follow. Thank you both, and Saskia at LA Guinea Pig Rescue, for helping us guinea pig lovers, and taking time to teach, so these precious little laughter and joy-inducing bundles of love can get the care they deserve!! I find myself helping others with what I have learned from all of you. It’s overwhelming at first to try to understand what the piggies truly need, get a routine going, be able to read your piggies’ signs and language, etc. you guys have been out life jacket, and now our ship!! 🐹I am just kind of worried, hoping my piggies defy all odds and live long lives, lol. How long is the average lifespan in your opinions, of healthy piggies? Scott, I’m not trying to be rude to you by commenting to skinnypigs1 on your video!! You are both so awesome! Thank you for showing us Timmy’s bath video too!!! His little face!!
My bonding experience with my two girls went very bad. It was a fluffy tornado! I separated them as fast as I could and turns out one guinea pig went for others throat and there was blood. After that I’ve been too scared to try again so they just neighbors.
SO much different from bonding boys. Girls chase and lunge for hours and then calm down like nothing ever happened. Boys never stop if they don't like their introductions. And I liked what you said about not getting our emotions involved in the bonding process. Whenever I do a playdate, I always tell the potential adopters that what they see may be scary to them, or even disturbing. I assure if I suspect that the pair is a threat to each other, that I will separate when necessary, and I talk them through the process. I tell them what rumblestrutting is, and gently remind them that guinea pigs have their own way of sorting out differences when they get worried.
Thanks Avery! Your input and advice is so valuable. You have done this many many times
Cute stories about the girls & boys.
Bless you Scott! Both you and skinnypigs1 have major hay allergies. You are both so passionate and go to any lengths to care! Thankyou so so much xxxxxxxxx
erkheth aaaw shucks! Creating videos. And responding to comments has been a great joy
I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I'm in the process of bonding my 2 rescue girls with my newest girl. There's been lunges, teeth chattering, mounting and chasing but this video was so reassuring to know that it's all standard behaviour. Of course I'm still watching over them but I can see a successful bonding for them.
Love your videos!
Yeah my friend came over to see my guinea pigs and went into full blown anaphylaxis almost and she didn't even touch or pick up my guinea pigs. She didnt know she was allergic...we thought it might of been the hay and turns out her allergy to guinea pigs and rodents was severe when she went to get an allergy test after that. It was crazy she had to go to the hospital.
That is horrible!!!! I am glad its just hay for me. ACHOOO!!!!
OMG hope she is OK and what a shame as Guinea pigs 🐽 are so much fun!!!!!! Send her my ♥ and I hope she recovers soon!!!!!! Also I send you my ♥ as that must have been really scary for you. God bless you both ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
6:23 my life.... this was clean!!!! 😪🙄😠😡😈
Lol
Bluster and fluff...I liked it!
not the names of the guinea pig girls, its how they (mis)behave!
Yes, and I like that phrase 👍
Not everything is about you BB! LOL good job Darlene and momma, be well lovelies
Hi It's so amazing how much passion you have for these animals.I have one piggie now because the other one has passed away recently. I'm thinking to adopt a piggie.I love your t-shirt.Keep up the good work.Greetings from UK.
We have four boy pigs, tried to bond them all a while ago, 2 babies and 2 a bit older. Nope, now they live 2 and 2. Our one bossiest pig made life miserable for the others in a foursome, but with just one buddy he's a lot more chilled out. Fun times!
Awwww, they are sooo sweet. Goes to show that the ladies do work things out. I just bonded four girl piggies. My two dominant girls did have some issues at first. It was tough to see and hear. I slept beside the cage for a week. But they did work it out and they are devoted to each another. A captain and her number #1 so amazing to see.
I adopted two girls and am trying to bond them with my other girl I have. My girl and one of the adopted girls are both dominant and I’m trying to bond them but I get scared they’ll hurt each other 😭
Momma is chasing others out of both houses. She wants to own a duplex!
Great video! I just introduced a new girl to my Petunia. I was worried about sounds they were making and a lot of pushing but your video put my mind to ease. It's been 2 days and they have seemed to calm down and love one another 💗 Thank you!
Such awesome videos! Sad, petco didn't tell us we needed to buy the pigs in pares until I watched your videos! So going back to store exchanging the cage and getting her another piggy! Your videos helped us a lot!
Im so glad to see this video, Going to get my 3rd girl tomorrow and will be spending the evening watching them and hoping all works out. the one im going to get has been all by herself at the shelter for a month. the volunteers say she's sweet as pie and is tame so i have high hopes
I love watching this. Due to heavy allergies I can no longer have pets and I miss my guinea pigs.
My girl will bite anyone or anything that touches the underside of her body.I've bled but I love her(Brownie) so much.As long as you scratch her back she will sprawl out and purr.She also is really picky with her greens.
I have a very dark brown guinea pig I thought she was male at first her name was count chocula but once her nature became apparent and her gender I renamed her Countess Bathory. She's really ornery. I had to put her in a separate cage. They can rub noses but she can't attack. I have pitbulls that are scared to death of her. I wear welding gloves to clip her nails. She's healthy not in pain, she's been examined. Even the vet said that is one mean guinea pig.
The close ups are awesome!
The phones today are amazing (says the old man) in my day....
Momma is Gorgeous!!!
Im allergic to timothy hay also.I switched to oxbow orchard grass and allergys are so much better.I have 15 guinea pigs,so i go thru a lot.I order 50 lbs twice a month from Drs.Foster and Smith.Good quality hay and a lot cheaper than pet stores.
Good tip! I came up allergic to "bermuda grass" too. its lawn grass. Orchard was less reactive to me for sure!
Blondie and Rocky aren't the biggest fan of orchard grass. My hubby is allergic to Timothy as well, so I tried some orchard grass to try to relieve his sniffles, and no one would touch it. When I mixed it with Timothy, they would eat it, but their poops got smaller and softer because orchard grass is not quite as fibrous as Timothy. Julie was telling me they need to adjust to it, :)
I switched to orchard grass as well. My allergies get so bad with Timothy hay that I’m unable to breathe!
Great job Scottie ♥ this video
The happy sounds of well loved and well cared-for piggies.
awww so cute love the guinea pigs
Those piggy gurgles though 😍
This shirt is awesome!
Ah haha, "bluster and fluff"! At first, I thought those were the names of the girl pigs that you were bonding. Then you introduced them, and I realized not. It's a new saying to me, but it might catch on.
Same here, I thought it was their names and thought it was pretty cute XD
Oh god, same here until I read this comment. xD
Love your videos :) You have a kind heart
aaww thank you
Scotty. Another excelllent video! Don't forget, that besides entertainment, you are educating us. Someone new to guinea pigs has never seen any ot this before.
Good job. : )
Oh god the end!!!! They like BB's sounds!!!
We just went through an into on Monday. Went from 4 to 5 girls. One of the calmest intros we've ever done. Just one more to go. We have a boy we're getting neutered so he can join the ladies. He was mis-sexed at the rescue. We were going for all girls. But We love him and he so wants to be part of the group. Went through a ton of research and are going to the best exotic vet in our area. I'm still nervous, but he is clearly unhappy alone.
good luck for him!!!!
LycaWatyre
I really hope it works out for him! Lots of luck xxxxxxxxxxxx
We chickened out and adopted him a guy friend. They're in their own man cave. It's the size of 2 of those 6 foot tables. More room is always better!
Omg love it hahaha those sounds are beautiful 😁 you are amazing keep it up we need more people like you in this world 😄
which sounds specifically? you can put a time stamp so we all can hear the moment you mean... B.B. likes: 31:14
Scotty's Animals 25:16
Scotty's Animals and when you said B.B. my oldest daughter says hey that's my nickname 😂but her it's Bibi 😃😁😁
that one was ME!!!! hahaha prprprprbrbrbrbrbrprprpr
Scotty's Animals 😂😂😂😂 no the piggys did it too hahahah
I really love your video's! BTW: I took your advice and moved the water bottle inside the cage. It IS a lot better! Thanks for advice! ❤❤
"The one handed pick up, don't do this at home kids!" Well this old geezer does it all the time....
"It's not about you, BB!" ........."Tweet! yes it is! Its the BB show, it's on all the time!! Tweet!"(his answer!)
❤❤❤ your shirt!!!
RedRayven 22 Red Eyes Rock!!
One of our guinea pigs we had she had a ovarian cyst but it never grew her name was Felicity I took her to the vet she said don't worry about if it doesn't grow didn't grow at all she lived to be 6 years old
thanks for the wonderful end 😍
Interesting. I keep seeing vids on how difficult it can be to introduce new GP into existing herd but I haven't had that problem.
About 2 months ago, I, welcomed and introduced 2 girls into my existing trio of girls and had no problem at all. Guess I was lucky. Although, I should note that I made sure to there was a ton of space for them to run around and also placed several 2-way
hideys so they can run/hide/escape if needed (wouldn't feel cornered/trapped) which causes the reaction fight and/or flight.
To date, my herd of girls is doing great, each knows their rank. At any rate, good luck and continue making informative GP vids to educate others with less knowledge about GPs.
good on ya mate we love the little pigs in australia too (long live saskia and you too)
I have three guinea pigs, and back when we had them in two standard pet store cages, the biggest one would chase the smallest one around and bite her, but now we have them in a 2x4 c and c cage with a 2x2 upper level, and now they barely fight
30:47 tuned in 😁
I was wondering what the best way to bond 2 girls and a boy, I got my boy neutered about 2 weeks ago and I’m going to wait another week and a half to make sure the boy is sterile before I bond them to avoid any babies
Hi Scott, im a new subsriber!! Loving your videos!! Im a future piggie mummy. I was wondering if you could make a video on guinea pig sounds and their meanings?
Darlene is so cute.
Scotty kinda looks like negan lol 😆
Oh nooo! Evidence!
Another good video. I just put two skinny boys together and things are going well. They are young so maybe this helped. Scott- do you have an air purifier in the piggie room to help your allergies?
I love your videos and have learned a lot. I was shocked when a pet store worker told me they only get girl piggies from the breeders! What happens to the boys of those litters? Can you talk about that sometime?
Hi scotty love your videos. I have 2 females and just got 3 more they are all in a 6ft by 3ft c&c with a divider so they can get to know each other first my question is how soon do you think I can start bonding with them
Hey Scott! I love your videos and they are a lot of help. I am in somewhat of a predicament. I have two young female guinea pigs that get along very well. I want to introduce a third due to the outstanding results of having females in threes. There is a beautiful adult female around the age of two at my local shelter and I think she would be a great addition to the group as well as a good role model to my other guineas that don’t hand feed yet. Is this a good idea? And how long should I give the New Guinea in a separate cage before I introduce her to the babies? Thanks!
Momma is chasing
That went much better than my bonding did a couple weeks back! I had 3 pairs and a single to go together, one pair was from pretty cramped and stressful place though they only had one and a half ears each.. the more dominant one decided to rip hair out and throw the others on their backs. So I have a happy herd of 5 rather than 7. The other 2 are much happier with each other and able to see the other 3 the other side of the room so it all worked out in the end!
Our little baby bites at the moment, poor thing has a cyst/abscess on her ear we have to keep gently squeezing out which she isnt happy about, but thats getting better :)
Cuddles, I hope she recovers! Sounds like your lil piggies are in good hands xxx
Aw thankyou. She's doing really well, the pocket still fills with pus sometimes but it's so much smaller than it used to be. The only alternative was to have the ear removed but as it's not actively infected its not causing much issue 🙂 I introduced 2 new babies to the herd this week so she's no longer the baby of the group! She's very much enjoying having companionship after spending so long alone at the place I got her.
Eriathwen 1 awww so sweet! It's sad to think they'd be alone! Good to know youve improved the quality. Its so beautiful to see animals happy xx
Greetings Scott. I'm a new subscriber! I just got a female guinea pig today from humane society to bond with my female guinea pig at home. I try some bonding in the cage and they both stood up and fought. There was no blood that I see. The behavior was strange. My guinea pig was humping the new guinea pig and maybe nibbled or bit her ear as well?
I’m trying to bond two right now
Scotty what made you move to the desert? You mentioned you lived there at one time for five month
It is very interesting video but is that enough space for the 4 offen them?
What was that noise the boys were making when you put the boys in their new cage?
This video is similar to the situation I have:
A older pair of girls( one of which had surgery recently) and a mother daughter pair( 1 yo and 6 months old)
Would you suggest doing like you did in the video.
I have 2 Midwest cages connected.
Hi Scott I just have a question as future pig owner about bonding process bc Im not sure if it's fine to put two pigys in one cage as soon as i get them and start bonding (They're both from difrent homes) or just leav them saprate for few days and give them time to get use to their new suranding
Im just not sure what would be better for them they're two lovley girls that i find listed as free and i just feel like i have to take them, since I was afraid that they happened to be snake food and now I want to make their lives the best possible
Well I guess the living corridors and boudoir is going to get some cages built in it.
I have A Guinea pig at 2 years old and one at 3 years old and really want another one but dont KNOW If 3 is A good number. I Saw your vidio Where you Said 3 for girls and 2 for Boys and my guineapigs are girls. What should i do? (Sry for my spelling i NOT from an englisch speaking country) but Plz help!🍀
you can have 3 girls. You must have at least 10 sq ft or a 2X4 C&C cage. Most girls will get along. Even if they start to fight, they usually figure out who is boss.
Scotty's Animals - super. Thanks for the anwser !🌸
I don’t know if it’s too late to ask the question seeing how old this video is but I’m going to ask... Scotty you said boys wouldn’t have ears intact by now. I have a mommy and daughter and they just started arguing for dominance and baby is starting to get her ear chewed up.. there’s no blood so it’s not extreme violence but does this mean it’s not going to be able to work it out?
work with so many guinea pigs but really allergic to timothy hay? wow that must be rough!
They seem ok to me.....am I correct??
Hi Scotty I'm just asking you this I have one guinea pig girl who is very dominant and I just got another female about her same age I'm scared because they chase each other and one time it was a little teeth chattering I don't have a big enough cage to put them in one so they are together next to each other and separate cages should I introduce them again I'm scared that they might fight or is that okay
minimum 8 sq ft, like a midwest or a C&C even better. girls do great in 3's. 2 can be tricky if they don't love each other. Keep trying unless there is real biting or hair clumps. Many experts are commenting, too!
Hey Scotty Love your videos but could do with some help. We got a female un related baby pair 3 weeks ago. All was going well, but now they are not getting along. They seem to ignore each other and when they do go near each other it seems to be lots of chasing and squeeking! I know this is a dominance behaviour. But how long should we let it last. There doesn't seem to be any major fighting going on that we have seen, small nicks in the nose of one but not serious! Any advise would be great on how long we should give them to sort it out?
As long as there are no major injuries Let It Go on as long as it needs to some pigs will squabble always. That is the main thing how harmonious is it and remember to think in terms of guinea pigs not humans
Hi Scotty what wood bedding did I see in the video? I am new and I read pine is no good. Thanks. Please tell me where to buy them.
Kiln-dried Pine is okay. It should say kiln-dried and be intended for small animal bedding. Never Cedar. Aspen is okay but not as soft
Hi Scotty, I realize this is an old video but I do have a question that I very much hope you can answer. I adopted 2 pairs of girls. Long story short, I committed to the adoption of a 7year old and a 2 year old. I knew the 7 year old was not going to live much longer and decided to adopt 2 other girls (both 2 years) for the purpose of being bonded with the 2 year old so she wasn't ever alone once the 7 year old passed.
The lady that gave me the 7 and 2 year old bought a brand new cage for them so that we could have neutral territory for them to meet. I loaded it with hay for burrowing in case they wanted to hide out. I put in a bunch of romaine so they could be busy and happy when they met. Then introduced all 4 simultaneously.
Squirrel is the dominant of the 2, 2 year olds. And she has been not super nice to anyone, including her cage mate paprika.
I think honestly what they are doing is normal. Squirrel is all up in everyone's butt. She is rumble strutting. No chunks of fur that I have seen. I did however put a divider in after several hours because my golden girl, Frankie (7) was acting a little stressed out and squirrel wouldn't leave her alone.
I am wondering because of Frankie's age would it be best to just leave them side by side until Frankie passes? Or do you think it would be ok to let them work it out? My only concern really is causing stress on such an old gal.
Wear gloves too. I too am allergic to Timothy hay.
I recently tried to introduce a new guinea pig in my herd. However one of them started fighting, I know that is normal, but she started to draw blood to one of my pigs. I had them in cages next to each other for a couple weeks. I don't know what to do now. My new one is very dominant and so is one of my other one. Im scared my new one wont be able to merge into my herd.
What if there is a little hair pull between to girls. I'm trying to bond mine and I seen some hair pull one is pregnant I rescued her that way. Should I wait till after the baby's are born??
Oh no I'm sorry that you are allergic to timothy hay! That's very unfortunate. My mom is too and always has to wear gloves when she pet sits for me to do the hay so I know it's common.
Hi Scotty. Does it matter what age girls are for bonding? Or can girls be added to a herd at any age? How long should you wait to know that all will be okay to leave them alone? Thanks 🙂
So I have 3 girls, 2 american and 1 abyssinian and the 2 american are bullying my aby and I have been told by many to separate but wonder if thats the only way? I really wanted to keep them together as herd but my poor aby is always crying and 1 of the Americans humps and nose punches her im starting to think they are both biting her have found scab like marks on her skin and they constantly kick her out of her hidey despite them each having their own. What should I do??? 🥺
What if I got a brand new baby and the other one is older and is already trying to take over but the baby can’t run away because she either can’t push the house up and run or she can’t find a hole to get through
And I put my hand in front of the more older one and she accidentally bit me on accident instead of the other one and now I have a tiny tear in my skin so I don’t know if I should put the baby back in
I'm also allergic to hay & grass
Does the age of the female guinea pigs matter when trying to bond them? I have a 6 month old female. Please help.
Is 4 girl guinea pigs ok together or should I get a boy?
is blaze up for adoption? my guinea pig is only a year old and her name is miss daisy may and I was told I cant bring another pig in to it but I just feel like shes alone and I would love to rescue blaze
I want a video of gp noises and closeups 4 my GP to watch with me. till we get enough space 4 a 2nd Gp.
Someone please respond can I do a 2x4 c and c for 3 piggies cage
doodle dude i would recommend either a 2x5 or 2x6(just for more space)
2x4 is fine for 3 sows but that's minimum, more space is better!
How do you know if a guinea pig is blind?
The white cane is a dead giveaway.
Wait what Fluff hehe don't mind but I play Roblox and a lady got into my account once and her name was Fluff hopefully she didn't changed the password
I have 4 boars cohabiting well
Do Guinea Pigs ever get fleas?
I have done this so many times for many years, and i finally run into a girl, that is not social!! at all... Can't make it work. She is with her daughter so she will never be alone. But she tries to kill my group. Had no blood so far, alot of biting and teeth chattering tho. So i split them up :(
I have two boys 1 older 1younger they get alomg okay but get into scraps once in a while. I yell once they ✋
I have three male guinea pigs and one I gave to my cousin with another female guinea pig I had to teach him what to do when pregnant lol my other piggies hated him and we tried everything nothing worked now that's happy with snow
The BULLY needs to be alone
That might be their papa, but they don't know that. Neither does the papa.
Hi scoot yes my niece is alligers to fur on guniea pigs no holiday no one could look after my guniea pigs my brother in law as well that's 2 family's off mine who can't keep look after my guniea pigs then my aitirsis and prosiasis as well they kept on getting cancer and fighting it made me to sad look after them plus no holiday .
I had alligers now to dust in feathers to budgies played up my asma I can't keep budgies or guniea pigs no more because off health problems is annoying I love them I can't keep them makes me ill I still love animals .
I did try keep guniea pigs like I said no holiday for a view years keep them then my airtuisis prosias really played up hot sun didn't help with budgies I tried with breathing air purfura but small bungalow her dust feathers went every where I daily hoovers clean cage yet still had to find her a home.
it is sad for me .
I enjoy your vidoe still got tropical fish look.
after I kept a zoo I didn't whant to risk looking after both guniea pigs budgies problems with both my health problems to we has poeple who take your pets away if u dont look after them probley end up on tv I didn't whant to risk that.
I has had 10 guniea pigs 2 years ago my last guniea pig Peter had for from a teenage, 29 years,
now 8 budgies I had from a teenage to I cannery buddie I just giving away a month ago plus fish had a pond at flat had 2 tanks in doors because off airtuisis moved to a bunglow not much room like flat dangours i was falling off the stairs counil had to move me i got had end up in a weelchaire.
why I had a zoo now less pets because off health and room at flat I had 2 guniea pigs 2 budgies a pond 2 fish tanks indoors at bunglow did have 2 guniea pigs reduce to 1 2 budgies reduce to 2 1 fish tank no pond because off trees I still enjoy live still love anmailes can't keep them keep happy.
my bit me three weeks ago one the back of my hand and she only did to get a grpe on me becus she was try pulle me in her habet with her and it was her was her names joy so joy was all so try to tell me mommy i need chowey snack s
Why are 3 females ideal over another number
That’s a man for you there a total pain in the butt they have to have their way no matter what
Don’t think so.
Are you going to get allergy shots to build up your resistance to hay because you cannot eliminate the hay from your life.