Pets certainly need companionship. Moreover, it should not just be in the form of contact with a person or other pets. Animals with pronounced social behavior need communication with their fellow tribesmen. This applies primarily to guinea pigs. If you bring several animals into the house at the same time, they will quickly find a “common language”. However, there are situations when you have to be patient when it comes to meeting fellow tribesmen, especially same-sex people. How to make friends with guinea pigs? How to prevent bloody conflicts and sad consequences?
How to make two guinea pigs friends?
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From: Maruska - February 20, 2021 15:18
Will two male guinea pigs of different ages be able to become friends? The first is 7-8 months old, the second is 2 months old. Today I let them out to meet each other (4 times already). Everything was fine, but then they started to fight. The younger one was insulting the older one. He tore out a clump of fur from him, he was all disheveled, his teeth were chattering loudly (then the older one joined in). It’s clear from the eyes of the older one that he is offended and sad. But the younger one is clearly starting to get impudent in his eyes. How do I get them Is it possible to make friends? They may not get along because of the difference in age or because they are both males and did not grow up together? Or the younger one turned out to be aggressive (the older one is so quiet and calm). Help, I don’t know what to do!
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From: Len'ok - February 20, 2021 6:35 pm
Pigs may not get along because of their character, and not because of their age. Introduce them on neutral territory, before placing the second pig in the cage, wash the cage, change the filling, wash the mattresses, hammocks, if any. Into the cage they put pipes and a pile of hay so that in case of a showdown one of the pigs can hide. Again, this is all theoretical, it all depends on the character of the pigs. Yes, I also forgot to add that the cage for two males should be a meter high. I met my friends on the sofa, they moved in at different ages, now the four of them live together in one cage. Sometimes there are showdowns, teeth chatter, but it never comes to blows.
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Did you both get them recently?
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From: Aniska - February 26, 2021 5:03 pm
Pigs may not get along because of their character, and not because of their age. Introduce them on neutral territory, before placing the second pig in the cage, wash the cage, change the filling, wash the mattresses, hammocks, if any. Into the cage they put pipes and a pile of hay so that in case of a showdown one of the pigs can hide. Again, this is all theoretical, it all depends on the character of the pigs. Yes, I also forgot to add that the cage for two males should be a meter high. I met my friends on the sofa, they moved in at different ages, now the four of them live together in one cage. Sometimes there are showdowns, teeth chatter, but it never comes to blows. Hello Len'ok and all the girls! A pressing topic. A boy lived with me for 2 months. They took him a friend a month older, but they couldn’t find anyone less around. Our youngest is constantly trying to fuck with our elder. As written here, this can last up to several days. But it’s already been a week, and ours still has something new every day. Although for the first 2 days he covered it non-stop, but now - whatever comes to mind. Yesterday they chattered their teeth and rolled around the cage somersaults. Then everything is ok. This morning they knocked again. Then peace. Then again our new one covers. I've got some questions. 1) Will this rape of one another ever end? 2) Maybe I should give this new guy back? In that regard, maybe it’s easier for us alone to live, what do you think? If he is forced to spend all his energy and all his thoughts on proving to others that he is in charge. Although when you pick up a new one, ours starts squeaking and says, “Put it back.” Does this mean they can no longer be separated, or is this squeak purely an instinct and maybe he will live more peacefully alone? What do you think?
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I’m just watching and our old one here is already running and jumping, the new one is still shy, so he doesn’t jump and behaves modestly. It’s just that our character is such that he will not back down and will never obey the new guy, as in my opinion. But the new guy is a little bigger and may then start to get impudent. But ours won’t. he killed all the pigs when they were chosen, and without stopping. I’m afraid that they would have such a nervous life for many years that they would not be able to come to an agreement. 3) Is it normal that a week has passed and they still haven’t calmed down? Thank you!
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From: Len'ok - February 26, 2021 5:52 pm
When he stops covering the other, only he knows. But since your pig behaves like this with everyone else, most likely he is an alpha male, he needs someone who will obey him as a friend. If their teeth chatter and have already rolled around in a ball, then there is no complete submission .Or they can even start a showdown out of boredom. It would be nice to put pipes in their cage, hang hammocks, and a shelf. In case of a showdown, you can hide in the chimney. Pigs are social animals, of course they feel better with their fellow tribesmen, but there are pigs who are alone. You can’t guess, it’s up to you to decide whether your pig needs a friend or not.
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I think it’s better to give them away before they get used to it, since there is chatter and fights, then everything can intensify when the new guy gets used to it. You can try to wait until he grows up to 6 months, and then look for a friend - a baby 1-2 months old.
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From: Aniska - February 27, 2021 0:06
I think it’s better to give them away before they get used to it, since there is chatter and fights, then everything can intensify when the new guy gets used to it. You can try to wait until he grows up to 6 months, and then look for a friend - a baby 1-2 months old. Yes? That means there will never be complete submission? And. I’m wondering, we took a pig from a breeder and if we sell it through a local eBay, she’ll most likely see it, do you think she’ll call saying what’s the matter, why are you already selling my pig as soon as you took it, or is it already completely our property (in the moral sense too )?
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P/S/ the new guy, the older one, also sometimes tries to do trrrrr on ours (rarely, but it has been noticed). and, with teeth, it was ours who knocked on the new guy, and he answered
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In theory, your piglet should have yielded to the older one, as he is larger, and since he did not obey, the showdown could take a long time and injuries were possible. I thought you would give it back to the breeder, I think they wrote that you could do that. If everything is not so simple, then try, as Lena wrote, putting/hanging more furniture in a cage.
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From: Aniska - February 27, 2021 0:34
In theory, your piglet should have yielded to the older one, as he is larger, and since he did not obey, the showdown could take a long time and injuries were possible. I thought you would give it back to the breeder, I think they wrote that you could do that. If everything is not so simple, then try, as Lena wrote, putting/hanging more furniture in a cage. I just understood that she exchanges for others (the other 2 are not suitable for us), and if she returns the pig, she does not give the money. And if we put it up for sale online, they will pick it up in 1-2 days, that’s for sure. Here the local eBay is like an intercity bulletin board, whoever paid first gets it, so they react quickly. And he is a very handsome Peruvian with a pedigree. Truly fearful horror. I don't know if this will ever change. runs around like that scared horse around the cage. either they intimidated him from childhood, or our Toffee always has him, therefore, too, or by nature hmm
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My two males fight terribly! Especially the albino - he bites the other one until he bleeds. Can this hostility ever go away? And should we continue to keep them separate?
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From: KsyuKha - November 20, 2009 0:24
If the cage is small, there is a house and there is no pipe, then there will be fights.
The house is cleaned, a pipe is installed, two feeders are in different places and there is enough space so as not to push butts. And they will live well.
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Thank you very much) the cage is large, there is no house, but there was no pipe)
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I didn’t open a new topic, I’ll write in this one: today I woke up from a wild noise, my boys were fighting, grinning, etc. I’ve already read about what can happen between boys... I sprayed it with a spray bottle, it didn’t help, only once on the 4th time did they fall behind each other. I decided to seat them... and now this is the picture of Marsik (placed in a cat carrier) sitting calmly and eating hay, and Baksik, who remained in a spacious cage, is running. he squeaks when he wants to eat.. I didn’t see anything like that while they were together. they are only 5 months old, I didn’t think it would start so early
