HOW TO: Introduce and Bond Guinea Pigs! | Squeak Dreams
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- Guinea pigs are best kept in pairs or small groups. This means people usually end up having to introduce and integrate new guinea pigs into an existing herd. This video covers the basics of introducing guinea pigs, plus what behaviours are okay and which ones are not so okay! With examples, as I introduce Willow and Lyra to Twiglet.
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Before adopting one or more new guinea pigs to join a single piggie or herd:
Be 100% confident of the sex. Keep to same sex groups or guinea pigs which have been spayed/neutered.
Quarantine new guinea pigs to eliminate the risk of spreading parasites or illnesses (unless from a rescue or responsible trusted breeder). For example, guinea pigs bought from pet shops are highly likely to have mites, and treated multiple piggies can be expensive!
If increasing numbers, extend the cage size to provide enough room for the herd.
When introducing/bonding guinea pigs:
Set up a large pen on neutral territory with hay, open style beds/houses and veggies. Make sure there is no chance of a submissive piggie being trapped by a more dominant one (no hidey houses with just one small entrance/exit). Supervise them closely for the next few hours.
You can also bath the guinea pigs beforehand or try to rub their scent on each other.
Familiarise yourselves with dominance behaviours and which ones should concern you. In general, rumble strutting, quiet teeth chattering (not prolonged or too loud), head raising, sniffing, nipping (quick and not causing any injury) and ignoring each other are normal.
Watch carefully if you see any loud and prolonged teeth chattering, yawning, "huffing", wide open mouths (i.e getting ready to lunge), lunging, fighting. You may see these behaviours from the guinea pig that wants to be dominant, the other guinea pig/s should back down (run away). If they don't - fighting could be imminent! If they begin to fight throw a towel over them to break the fight up. Check for any injuries straight away.
Dominance behaviours, even if they don't lead to fighting, can be scary for us - but try and hold back intervening unless you are sure they are about to fight/hurt each other. It's very important to give them chance to set up the hierarchy. Unfortunately, not all introductions will be successful - make sure you have thought through the options if they cannot live together.
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That curly piggie is so adorable!!
I introduced my two boys to two girls a few days ago and it went quite well. With all the naysayers wagging their fingers reproachfully I was pleasantly surprised at how well they're all getting a long. It's only been a few days, so I don't know whether it will last, but it's a promising start.
Thanks great news! I hope they continue to get along well! 😃
So it’s been 4 years. How many Guinea pig babies were there
We currently have one guinea pig, and I know it's much better to have at least 2, but I'm scared to death that they're gonna fight, or end up fighting, or injuring each other while we're out, or something. Im really sad, because I don't want her to be unhappy, but I'm scared that if I get her a roommate, that it won't work out well.... 😥
Yumi Arigama don't worry, they should have one, and it's very rare if they won't get along, it's like someone is alone, and they can't understand what you say
Males are iffy but two females are generally accepting of eachother
Well am thinking the same thing
My sister keeps her 2 in separate cages and occasionally lets them see each other.
I understand where you’re coming from I’ve had two female Guinea pigs and they’ve got on well so far spends the gender though because it’s more usual for females to be nice to each other
I've had my one guinea pig (pebbles) for almost fours years. Over this past weekend I actually inherited two guinea pigs from a family member that moved and couldn't keep them. I took them in since they are both females and so is mine. The pair is very well bonded and I believe have been with each other since babies. Pebbles, has been with other pigs in the past. I originally bought pebbles with another baby an abyssinian named misty. Tragically she was killed by a cat that got into their cage. Pebbles survived and in the weeks that followed was very depressed. So I went out and got another pig. The pig I brought home was very dominant and often beat her up. After about three months I gave her away. Since then which has been over a year pebbles has lived alone and happy. Now I want my new pigs and her to get along. So I did what you did in the video. Started out great after the vegetables were gone it got really ugly pebbles went on the attack. I broke it up a few times once getting bit really bad. After 6 hours she still was on the attack. The other pigs were definitely submitted and frozen stiff in their corners. I feel so bad and I want them all to live together. Do you have any other methods or advice. I ordered a huge cnc cage and it's coming in the mail soon my wish is that they all can live together. Please any advice will help and is greatly appreciated!!
im surprised that your cat kill one of you pigs i have had 3 guinea pigs with 3 different cats and they were fine but the newest cat/guinea pig combo love to snuggle together.
Thanks for this video. I'm getting a baby guinea pig because one of mine died and Patches is really sad ):
My trio got introduced quite awkwardly because after I had quarantined my new piggy Luna we put my duo’s and her cage next to each other. About the 2nd day of having their cages next to each other I came down to check on them and Luna somehow was in my duo’s cage 😅 I checked with my family to make sure they didn’t put her in there ( they thought I was pranking them ). No one had put her in my duo’s cage so we got her out of their cage and put her back in her cage. We then saw her trying to squeeze through the c&c grids (she’s a baby) and we knew exactly how she had gotten in my duo’s cage. After that we just decided to slowly introduce them and now they are living in a massive cage together with very minor dominance issues. (I always watch them closely when I can)
I had 2 guinea pigs, both female, and unfortunately a couple weeks ago one of my guinea pigs got sick and passed away, now my guinea pig who he still here she has started biting everything and everyone, runs around her cage and cries for attention, so my mom and I have decided that would be our best option to help her stop feeling lonely, im just scared of the possibility of fighting
That’s so sad I hope your other piggie feels better soon
Can you do a tutorial on how you make their beds please xx
I have 2 female piggies who are about 1 and a half years old and I just got another piggie yesterday and she was just barley weaned from her mom one of my piggies is very chill and the other seems pretty dominant to the other but yesterday after I brought the new pig home I did let my new pig take a brief look at them and my older pigs seemed very excited so hopefully the bonding goes well and I will be bonding on spring break
I'm not needing to bond guinea pig but I still really enjoyed the video. It's very informative and interesting :)
+PlausiblePiggies awh thanks that's lovely of you to say! :D
So glad to hear things are getting better! :D
+Mills' Skits thank you! :)
I have two females that will be meeting for the first time tomorrow. Both are 4 months old. I am so excited. I've got a huge cage for them in case they require more space.
I am glad things are getting better and I hope they can live together again. I have bonded several groups over the years and it has always gone well but that was probably luck. 😀 My current group of 5 girls consist of a sow, her 2 adult babies, her sister and an unrelated adult sow. The 4 were living as a family group and I added the single one with absolutely no drama and that did surprise me. Good luck!
Our pigs fought when we first put them together. One got a nasty cut on his lip too, but once it happened the one who got bit accepted that the other was dominant. They never fought again and were best friends until the end. :( We lost our beloved Vincent yesterday and are going piggy dating tomorrow for his younger brother Warren who is pining for his brother. :( I hope he finds a new friend.
aww they are so cute!!!
I really want to pick up Lyra and give her a big cuddle!!
i can't wait to see the new cage and hopefully the 3 getting along really well in it
+candy11401 haha she is a big bundle of fur! Haircut needed I think :)
This was really helpful, thanks!
I got a new guinea pig about a week ago and decided to introduce her to my other one today. Hopefully all goes well!
I know this video is older, but i have my first guinea pig i have had him for two and a half months now. I am getting a second one for him soon and I hope he does ok with introductions. I feel he is loanly and needs a guinea pig to bond with.
Hey I just wanted to ask if you got another piggy and how did it go?
I love your channel, it has helped me so much with my piggies Jasper and Garnet :) also at the start when lyra was in the tunnel was so cute :)
+Just A Girl With A Camera thank you! What lovely names!! Lyra is a funny piggie :)
No One Important Oml, you named your guinea pigs after SU? Aha
what I have done in the past with putting my pigs back together is bathed everything in the cage and then do them all then all the smell is gone and then they will think they've all been together cuz they all smell alike but I love your videos I love your Piggies you were the one that taught me all about my piggies and now I can't live without them
I saw the title and thought you had a new piggie! I'm glad things are improving though. One of mine has been separated due to sickness and was reintroduced today, and luckily it went well. Every piggy is different, I guess
+Amber Harrington oh haha! No new piggies yet! Glad to hear your piggie recovered and is back with the others :)
very glad to see things are looking up for your piggies deffo fav good luck with getting them back together
So helpul, thank you, just an amazing video, and the quality is great! Such wonderful guinea pigs. Hope that all of your squeak dreams to try to get them to bond come true! :);)
I’m about to introduce new Piggies to my duo and this video was so helpful!!! Thank you so much for this video!
We have a skinny pig that has been with us for about a month. Last night we brought home another piggy in the obvious hope that they will bond (they are both males, about 5 or 6 months old). We introduced them in a run that we made out of c&c pieces and lined with comfy fleece and put a nice pile of hay in the middle. It seemed to go great at first...Pip (skinny) was thrilled to have someone to hang out with a popcorned all over, they did the usual rear sniffing and chased each other around a little, even had some hay breaks. So we figured they were doing well and moved them to Pip's cage...it was like world war III! They tussled and scrapped until Pip ended up with a little blood from a scratch, then each took a side of the cage as their own. Pip seemed really scared, he stayed in the same exact place for a couple of hours, not wanting to move at all! As soon as Pop (new piggy) came near him they would scrap again. We ended up splitting the cage for now and each side has their own food, water, hidies, etc. I think tonight we will try them in the playpen again for a longer time and try it again in the cage. Maybe it will just take some time for them to be in the same smaller space? Any tips for us? If it doesn't work we will take Pop back and try a different piggy (which is tricky because we don't have a guinea pig rescue), but we want to give him a decent chance before we do!
My guinea pig has been living alone for a year, this is because when I bought her she was about 3 weeks old and very injured, she had cuts all over her and missing fur. I just never got around to getting her a sister. Now I'm looking to get another female but I don't know if my guinea will adjust to having another around. Even when I bought my guinea she was alone. She's very healthy and happy as a single guinea can be. How do I go about choosing her new friend and introducing them?
Awh well done for giving her a loving home! I would try and get a young female piggie, from a rescue if possible. Introduce them on neutral territory, monitor them for a good few hours, clean out the cage thoroughly and put them in together (make sure the cage is big enough for two pigs), with a young female there shouldn't be any dominance issues.
My piggie was a Craigslist rescue. The lady who had her didn't know what to feed her and she was feeding her fruits and veggies everyday and she had a salt wheel in her cage. The piggie is super supe sweet. I can tell she hasn't had any company because she'll try to groom your arm, but will bite way too hard. My mom's trying to learn how to introduce another piggie so this'll be really helpful :)
gosh Lyra is so cute
Lili-mai Ashley I know right! Her puffy fur is adorable!
Introductions with some of my piggies have been a nightmare.
We're still trying to work on it.
Thank you for this video, Miss. I enjoyed the video a lot, Miss.
I have a female that is about 1 1/2 years old, she’s been in a cage alone pretty much her entire life, because the female I rescued to bond her with when she was a baby, was so aggressive with her. I was surprised because the rescue was a mother, she was about 3, and came from a large group of guineas of all ages. So, I figured they would be fine. Absolutely not. The rescue pig often attacked my little Minnie. However, I kept trying until the attack was so bad that blood was unfortunately drawn on Minnie. I housed them next to one another, so they wouldn’t be completely alone, but they even tried to fight through the cages often times. My sweet rescue piggy recently passed away from cancer. So, I got another little female. And I was hopeful Minnie wouldn’t have to live alone. The new little one is so lovable and so sweet, also wild and crazy. I’ve quarantined her, and tried to start the bonding with her and Minnie. However, it went awful right from the start. Minnie went right for the attack. Without warning, nothing! She just lunged at her. And she’s quite big now compared to a small little one. I had them in a large neutral open area, lots of food and hay, no closed hideys, and honestly they were fine until they found one another. I dont want to just give up. But I’m so scared now. She wasn’t teeth chattering, no noises were made. The little one just walked by her to check her out, and she was instantly aggressive, lunged at her in full on fight mode. I’m so thankful I had a blanket. Could it be because she’s never lived with another Guinea pig? I’m so bummed. And terrified to try again. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do, or what I could try. It’s very frustrating. And I don’t want my little one to end up alone, like Minnie did.
My two boys Zorro and Diego go through stages of fighting, to being somewhat okay with each other. They are separated right now as they had quite a big fight a couple of hours ago resulting in one of diegos nails being ripped off (didnt check Zorro for injuries as he seemed okay and Diego had visible blood marks left on the blankets I was more focussed on helping him out in the moment). Zorro tends to be the more dominant piggy, and Diego likes to challenge that I think as it’s typically Diego who rumblestruts and teethchatters first. I’m not sure what to do- they seem okay when they’re in their pen in the garden, but I’m not really sure what goes down out there as I leave them out there for a while (secure playpen). They are separated with a wired playpen in the middle just cutting off the 6x2.5 inch enclosure into 2. I really don’t want to keep them separated as them looking through the bars makes me sad, but quite clearly me letting them go near each other during the aggression caused the fight. This is the first time blood has been drawn. They can still see each other through the bars which makes me feel better about their mental health but I just want to do what’s right for them
Really helpfull, I'm Getting my first piggy tomorrow, she already lives alone as her previous home didnt get her a friend so im hoping to introruce her to another one not long after i get her so this video was really helpfull as i had no idea How to introduce them
I just introduce my adult male who is fixed to a baby female guinea pig and they are doing great !
Question? there are 3 guinea pigs
Pig1-B
Pig2-E
Pig3-L
B is dominant over L
E is dominant over B
L is dominant over E
I am making a chart of dominance for a piggy sitter (she said she would like one to show who is dominant over who) which do I but at the top and bottom etc
This really helped. Today I’m about to put my 2 month old guinea pig (Female) with a New Guinea pig I got (female) cause she was so lonely. She’s much bigger the 2 month old one so I just hope New Guinea pig doesn’t think of it as anything
Such a helpful and hopeful video. We have 2 boys that we’re doing fine. We thought we properly introduced our new boy but soon after, our oldest piggie started attacking his “friend” and the newbie picked on the same piggie. Now we have them all separated as the bullied piggie is missing part of his ear 😣😢 Not sure if we can eventually, slowly do what you’ve done and have better results. Will be rewatching this many times.
It's nice to actually be early to a video
I just got a second one and fluffy is acting so shy with her
What should i do when i got two piggies from one place but diffrent cage? Should i introdunce them first or just put them together on the cage?
Wow this was really useful full thank you 😭❤️🙈
I already have a bonded pair but I would like to add two more piggies (who aren’t bonded yet) to the herd. Would it be best to introduce them all at once or one at a time? Ps they will be living in a 32 square foot cage. Thx!
first, I love your channel 😀💜💜
Awh thank you so much! :)
Tysm for this vid I might be getting two guineas and I am watching out for stuff on how to care for them proper cage size beginner stuff like that
Hi well I've been researching guinea pigs for about two years now and I still can't get my parents to let me have two I've tried all the persuasion ideas that you have given me and other ones I have saved up my money and I have enough to get the two guinea pigs, everything they need, and a very big cage and I have the room but my parents aren't letting me get one but they're not telling me why! Any advice would help.😊
Shannen Anderson
Maybe your parents want to surprise you for Christmas or your birthday which ever comes first. That’s what happened with me!
This kinda helped me as im going through a similar problem. Both my piggies are babies tho and the smallest of the babies squeek a lot when the other one goes near her. Is scary because i just want them to get along already.
I’m trying to introduce my older girl to a younger boy. He’s due to be neutered this week. But they were all over each other. But not in a negative way and no breeding was allowed. Now they are back in separate cages and chatting up a storm.
Another great video :-) x
I have a big two story hutch and a big run like yours so should I try to put them in the run and like clean there cage out right before they get put in there if it goes well?
My guniea pigs like to chase each other around for fun lol just got them last week and this been they 5th day together cause they was never in the same cage at pets mart but they seem to be having fun
what do you think would be best to introduce my two males? one is a baby and one is about a year old
You can introduce a baby to an adult.it all depends on the piggie and thier personality.as long as you don't put him in the others cage.. you have to do it on nutral common ground
Mm introducing adults to babies honestly depends on your piggies personality. My nans guinea pig used to be with two other ones but they started fighting. So my nan bought a baby piggy and introduced it to the other one and he pretty much adopted the baby as his kid. He's super sweet and they get along really well. (The baby is an adult now and they're still best friends)
I have 2 males. Teddy, I have had for over 3 yrs. I also had a semi long haired male, but that died 10 months after I had got them both. I waited to get a another friend for Teddy, then. Last year I got a baby male. I named Nicky, they were okay together for. about 3 months, then started fighting and biting each other. So now they set side by side. I tried to put them together one other time, and Nicky bit Teddy for no reason. So I keep them separate.
Is it good to try a boundary between them to start? That way that they kinda meet in a setting that's like a slow introduction?
Hi 👋🏾 where did you get those beds?
My little Humphrey passed away January 8th 9:21pm 2018 He was so young, only 7 months old! And now is brother needs a friend :( 😞😓
I got my one guinea pig in April and my second guinea pig in December I got them 9 months apart and I introduced them but In 3 months they have got along a short time then they nip at each other like they can't stand one other
i need a bit of advise, i got a little guinea pig named mojo, and she is younger than my older one daylight, and daylight keeps biting her ears and i thought it was a dominance thing, but she wont let mojo move or else daylight will bite mojo, can u tell me if i should separate them, cause i dont want my piggies getting hurt will this be solved over time or will they have to separate? they are in the same cage but i put a divider infront of them, i tried to use this video to help me but it really didnt...
i got two males, they are both the same age , but one is new and is so scared. He doesent eat and stays in the corner.
Glad they are getting on ok 😊👍🏻 my piggies do a lot of rumble strutting and chasing at times and try to mount each other. Is this normal 'in season' behaviour? Thanks 🐹
+Leona Dutton Yes certain female piggies do that a lot when they in season! Lyra especially turns into a crazy humping ball of hormones for a few days, before normality returns!
Would it be ok to keep 2 guinea pigs (both females) not neutered, and that one would be older( I'm just confused, whether I should buy my guinea pig a friend or not, same to my bunny, he's a male, he's not neutered, I don't like neutering my pets, I don't think that two male bunnies would be friends, tho)
i bought a guinea pig at the pet store and i wanna go back and get the other one that was in the cage with him would that be ok
We had one guinea pig for about month we got a new one well they first smelling each other like dogs then older one I don't know if she nip her but she turned around quick but our older one more laid back and quiet the new one is very loud and always on the go
What about a girl and boy guinea pig that haven’t been with any other guinea pigs and are both around six months old
Panda Games make sure their both neutered and spaded if they don’t you’ll have babies for sure. Over all it should be fine but be careful males get territorial over females. Do your research before just in case!😊
Dabs on Coronavirus okay, and what if I want them to have baby guinea pigs
Panda Games then don’t get them neutered, you’ll have to do research I’ve never breed guinea pigs before. They can have 1-3 guinea pigs normally just keep that in mind. :)
We made a divider between a 4×2 cage and the older one and tried knocking it down..
I have a guinea pig and a rabbit and they are both boys and today I have bought two girl guinea pigs and idk what to do , Should I put them all in the same cage or leave them in separate cages [ girls in one and boys in another
Erynn Xxx guinea pigs and rabbit shouldn’t be in the same cage. I’m replying later, but I recommend doing females in one boys in the other.
Thank you so much for the video! I have two female guinea pigs. My mom brought her female guinea pig over to visit and since then our two have fought. We’ve found 4 scars on one of the Guinea pigs, so we’ve separated them. When we put them together on a neutral place they chatter and we have to break them up. Do we just keep doing what we’re doing? Would bringing in a third be better? Help!
I was given a single rescue pig and have 2 more coming in a couple days as companions for her. Simon (the original and female) is roughly 6+months and the pare I'm getting (mum and daughter duo) I'm not sure of there age. I'm hoping they'll get along. I've never had guineapigs before I'm kinda nervous.
Is it normal for my older girl to bite the younger girls ear
no xd
NO?!
Just wondering I have 2 in separate cages for 2 years I put them together they are fine what’s your thoughts on a big cage with both together one other thing there cages are right next to each other so they are just separated by wired cage
Hi, question for you--I see that you do floor time right on the carpet. How do you manage with cleaning stray bits of hay that might end up there? I've been using my vacuum but the long bits will clog it up.
bombygriz I say pick up what you can and vacuum the leftover small pieces :)
Hi 1 of my girl piggies died while she was pregnant, my other girl went into shock this caused her to give birth 2 her first and last litter as it was a total mistake on our part we've got a c&c cage not unlike ur's although all this has been a terrible time 4 us all Thelma according 2 our vet needs company as she's now on her own we do have 2 boys but at this time they're split up but they can still see and meet each other as when we put them together they were like tumble weed hair was flying every were it wasn't nice at all now we just don't no what 2 do can u help in anywat thank u very much
I LOVE your videos
I had two guineas and unfortunatly one of them got very sick and passed away. Its only been a few days but i want my remaining pig to have a friend i dont want him to get lonely. Should i wait a certain amount of time before getting another?
What if you adopt a older piggy to the young ones. I have 2 young piggies and I i just adopted 2 older ones.. I feel bad but the one elder piggie is taking over. lol
We have 2 bonded female guinea pigs and are thinking about introducing 2 bonded, newtered boars, is it best to introduce both of the boars at the same time or one at a time.
What should I do, I have one male guinea pig and I want to get another one for him but I’m scared to get another male because of dominance and idk if I could afford or find someone to neuter my current guinea pig to get a female
Hello can I know if you got another pig and If they did get along or not.
I wanna ask you something. I have a texel guinea pig that's a boy and another guinea pig that's a cuy. Can you introduce them to each other?
i have 2 old boars (about 5 or 6 yrs old) and they are well bonded (hans and christoff). one of them is the dominant one but he cant be bothered showing off all the time. i also have 2 boars that are 6 months and they haven't figured out yet who is top dog (gingy and mister nilson). usually gingy is submissive but tries to be boss too sometimes. i would like to introduce the two pairs to each other but am afraid that the young boars might cause trouble. at the moment the old boars are free range in the lounge (on a cage liner but do not walk of it) and the young boars are in a cage of which on side is close to the old boars. when the old boars come to the cage to say hello both young ones get upset with each other (teeth clattering, strutting, mounting etc) and the old ones go back minding their own business. any advise? keep the 2 pairs seperated and wait till the young ones passed their puberty? thnx
I was trying to introduce two piggies,but they started to fight and I had a towel but forgot to throw it on them so I had a bite on me that had drawn blood.(note to self) DO NOT FORGET THE TOWEL!
I actually had a question about this squeaky dreams. I lost one of my elder piggies a few months back (she was 6) and that left me with 2 piggies. I recently got another Piggie and tried to introduce them. Ive been successful in the past but this time all 3 of my piggies started fighting really bad. They were lunging at each other, even throwing a blanket over them didn't help. It took me a few minutes just to get control of everything. when I removed the new Piggie the 2 I've had and has been together for a few years now were so aggravated they started fighting. well I got them back together a few hours later and they are fine now, but now I'm scared to even try to introduce them all again. right now I have them side by side with a divider separating the cages, and even that doesn't work. they will start teeth chattering at each other and jumping around. so I have a blanket over the divider separating them just to keep them calm. it is working for now but do you have any suggestions bc this is the worst I've seen piggies fight and really scared to try again. and it's crazy bc my new Piggie who I named "princess Leia" is such a sweet and tame Piggie. she loves to be petted and will nudge her head up just for you to pet her. I swear she is part dog bc she is the tamest Piggie I've seen. lol. anyways can you help? love your videos btw. they help me so much with my piggies:)
Does anyone have any tips for how I might introduce two bonded pairs of boars to one another? I’m adopting another bonded pair and buying another c&c cage for them, separate, but I’d love to make it so they have two levels for four boars instead and have them all live together… BUT I don’t know how I could introduce two pairs of boys, should I do it individually or together? I’m lost on this… or should I skip it all together and keep them separate?
where do you get your cage liners in the u? btw I love this video. thank you .it was very interesting and informative
+The Little Pen Place I make my own, I think a few independent cosy makers sell them though :)
do you know where can get some in the uk? :)
Hi, I am intruding my to guinea pigs and I am just wondering during floor time if guinea pigs will like run off and possibly lose them? If so what do you suggest to block them off?
HELP!
So in september i got two guinea pigs both females and they got along great together. In january one of the guinea pigs, nutmeg, injured her eye and had to be separated. they would regularly have breakfast together since i didnt want them to feel lonely or forget each other. But nutmeg had continuous follow up appointments on her eye and caused her to become very aggravated to the other guinea pig, paprika, and even with me. i had to stop the breakfast times together because nutmeg would get into fights with paprika. Paprika was originally the submissive one but it has been 2 months since they've lived together and she has gained her down sense of dominance. It's like neither is willing to be the submissive one. Nutmeg is doing better now, although she will never regain her full eye sight again. Your video was the only video that was semi-related to mine and i just really dont know what to do. should i try the bath? should i just keep them separate? i have them in C&C Cages but i would build a 6x2 and add grids right in the middle so in a sense they are sharing a cage but living separately. please help :(
I have a 2 yr old male skinny pig, and I have recently seen another skinny that is in need of a good home and the care they require. I would love to give him a home... So here I am ☺️ trying to learn. It's such a scary thought of them hurting one another, I'm terrified lol
Yes it can be scary! Especially as you need to let them set up that hierarchy and try to not intervene unless they really look like them might harm eachother. Best of luck for introducing your skinnys!
One of my piggies (bernie) passed away so i got another one because my other (winnie) was really sad. Every time ive introduced my new one (lilly) they immediately start fighting. They cant even go one minute without absolutely trying to kill eachother. I dont know what to do ive been trying to bond them for over a month with no progress
I have 2 piggies and the dominant one keeps nipping and bullying the other one.The other one doesn't challenge dominant piggie but she is squealing very loudly and scared but I don't know what to do
Tsunami Romero Seperate if they are together for a long time
1 CaptainSeelGaming okay thanks
+Tsunami Romero if this is constant then you may have to separate :(
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hey!! I know this is really late to when the video was posted, but I have a question if anyone knows what to do. I got a skinny pig yesterday, and he has no hair. I already had 2, rooster and Warbucks. Warbucks is super spunky, and he was the dominate one. I have had them for about a year, and it only took rooster and warbucks a little time because rooster is very submissive. Our new pig, I have learned, is smaller than our other ones but he doesnt back down from a fight at all, which resulted in a cut on his nose the first time they met. They are separated with a cage wall right now, so they can still sniff and talk. Rooster and Warbucks are on the same side, while our new one is separated from them. Am i doing the right thing? What’s the next step? I need help!!
thanks for reading btw Ik it was super long lol
Is it fine that the older one circles the new guinea pig? or doesnt let do something (when they first meet up)
My pigs have been together for around a year and a half and they are all of a sudden being a but aggressive I think it is just them reacting to being in a new cage though
Would 2 midwest plus cages be enough space for 4 male guinea pigs?
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we got our Guinea pigs practically yesterday and they both scatter to each other.
today they both scratched there noses, huffed and started circling each other.
can someone tell me what this means??
Hi! So I have 4 piggies. 2 guinea pigs are companions (Kiki and krash), but the other 2 are in their own cages. The thing is that all their cages are huge. I really want to introduce all 4 together. Would that be safe? Because i have 3 cages, and 4 guinea pigs, and it would be much easier if they all shared one. Any tips?
i had to separate my guinea pigs for 7 days, their cages were next to each other and they saw each other during ground times but when i put them in the same cage, they had a crazy figjt which ended the non-dominit guinea pig shake in fear. they had horrible fights whenever i tried to introduce them again and again. they were never best friends but they could live together. now they can't so i separated them. after a couple of days, i'll try again but i'm sad my boys just can't get along
I'm having the same problems.... My 2 boys fight every time they are together. At the moment they live in separate cages, next to eachother. My dominant piggy teeth chatters everytime he sees the other pig. I'm sad they don't like eachother.
I am attempting to bond an older female piggy (Jewels) with a young female (Tottie) everything looks great when they are both in a neutral area (lots of licking from the older piggy, sniffing bums, and happy squeaking while eating together) the same goes for when they are in the common area of the cage but the bummer part is when Tottie tries to go inside the pigloo with Jewels. Jewels chatters her teeth and chases Tottie out, at one point she pulled out a small tuft of Tot's hair out. Now Tot seems frightened of Jewels and wont allow her to come close. I have set up separate pigloos for them both but the fear still continues on Tot's part. Is this just because she is a baby? has anyone else experienced this?
I own a 2y old female and yesterday got a baby female. We'll try to get things the right way but I'm also a bit worried about it, in case things go like it happened on your case. How it is going nowadays?
Same here but it's the opposite the younger one is mounting and is more aggressive however the older one is much more nicer and is tryna relax lmfao.
I adopted my guinea and he was around 8 months and then recently I got another one whose 4 months old, they are both males. The older one is very talkative like oinking, both chatter a bit, and the older one keeps humping and spraying and dragging his butt. They other one doesn’t make any noises really just runs around. Is this normal? How many days does this last, do they calm down?
would this apply to introducing very young guinea pigs to older ones? or is there a different process?
I have an adult female guinea pig and I got a female baby 1 month old, yesterday. How long should I wait to bond them? I have their cages beside each other and last night when the baby smelled my adult she started popcorning and wheeking. My adult came out of her hidey hole and listened but went back to bed. So should I try and bond them? Also is a cage 48in×24in big enough for them. I plan to get another cage the same size and put them together. So they can have more room to run. I also make my bathroom up as a run for them so they can have a few hours of out of the cage exercise a day.
Some people choose to quarantine - if you decide you don't need to then you can go ahead and introduce them 😀
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I am getting a guinea pig on Tuesday (Fifi), who I am adopting from my friend as she can't look after him anymore. He used to be with another guinea pig at a young age however they started fighting and got separated. Fifi is now 4 and has been alone for most of his life but I was wondering if I should get him a friend or would he prefer to be on his own? x
I have to male guinea pigs (bennie and jet) lately jet has been refusing to leave bennie alone. Bennie always squeaks saying he doesn't wanna be boss but jet still just won't leave him alone. Last night bennie started biting jet bc I guess he was getting tired of it, so I did separate them. It is now the next day and I'm hoping I can reintroduce them soon and things can go well.
how are you keeping the carpet clean???
Hi I got a boy a week ago and thinking about getting him desexed and get a girl instead of a boy how would he go if I introduced him to a girl is that ok as my partner doesn't want to get another boy incase they fight or pee on each other over dominance please help as I dont want my piggy to be lonely anymore
Thank you for taking your time to help
I love your channel keep up the amazing advise you have helped me so much already