Had to be 😂😂

@@ThePigRoom made me laugh out loud. Bugger the fleece get a cheeky oven glove and your sorted. you Alyssa and autumn are my favourite KZfaqrs and the fact your all besties is lovely. The A team 😂😘

@@kikinurse525 what abt Guinea pig jungle?😢

Update: The boys did very well on the second time!

I’ve actually had my boys in each other’s cages and they been together at close range. They really don’t seem to mind each other.

Hi Alyssa! I love your videos ❤

Because they bond in nature with females. Duh!

@@dejns6945 yes I know it was just a joke 😂 thanks tho!

I am pretty sure he got 2 male bonded, but only them.

Last hope is get girls for the males.

@@dejns6945 Ok you donate Austin the thousands of dollars the neuters will cost then.

@@dejns6945 do people not realise that a guine apig can live alone and thrive and be happy if their sidebyside with other guinea pigs!

Haha yes! I boop the noses of my two male guinea pigs when they fight too 😂 I think mine play fight a lot though because they never seem bothered by the other…

I let 1 of mine roam around today on the bed w/ me bc something happened to his eye 😒🙄... although it does look like it's getting better. He walks away just to come back, crawl up my shoulder and "yt it up" w/ me. That or just tries to get in between me and the phone. & he's more of the 'tudey (attitude) 1 whos more independent. I think he thinks he's trying to dominate me sometimes bc of his need to climb up my face. His nails are also black tho... so, that's painful. But I think he just thinks oh, who am I kidding. Then just can't help but to be in my face softly biting my lip bc he wuvs me but he's also "too grown for all that." I feel bad for my naturally loving older 1 bc I think he knows I know im disappointed in his actions. He just kind of makes his whimpering noises & looks at me like but u hafta understand. These youngens done blew up on me and now they're trying to jump me 😔. He runs up to the cage & I wag my finger at saying his name in a ure in trouble Mr. tone, & he just looks at me like what tho 😡😤😞😓? He's not really in trouble. But my boys ... tsk tsk 🤦🏻‍♀️

What kind of bonding techniques have you used to bond your male bunnies? I just successfully bonded my pair after 3 months of continuously bonding them every day. Maybe I could give some advice depending on the methods you've tried already.

@@angellover254 I've tried the method where you put them in a little box together with a screen separating them. That's pretty good because eventually they will calm down but as soon as I lift the screen up they try to kill each other. I've also put them on the washing machine, but I only did that once because I don't know if that's really a good idea. I heard that it works for some people but I think it just agitated my bunnies. I've also tried to give them a little bit more space and just put them in a boring empty room and they actually did really well for about 10 minutes and then they decided that it was time to kill each other. I think the main problem is that I don't have every day to bond them. I could only really find the time to bond them three times a week and that's probably not enough. I probably have to bond them daily and truth be told I don't even like doing it the three times a week because it makes me very upset! I'm so concerned that they will really injure each other and then I'll have to take two bloody nosed bunnies to the vet. That could cost thousands of dollars to get ripped noses stitched up. Plus I would feel incredibly guilty if my bunnies got seriously injured. They seem happy to live side by side. When I'M able to quit my job or take a significant amount of time off I'll try again. Because I know they value each other's company and I would love them to be able to snuggle. Oh one major problem is that they refuse to groom each other. They will get into head wars and just sit there until they are both properly offended haha. Then my half lop will try to hump my other bun and the other bun is just not having it! Neither want to be submissive.

​@@Zullala Thanks for sharing! Putting them on top of a washing machine is known as stress bonding, and while it may help some really aggressive bunnies, I feel like stress bonding does more harm than good. That's why I personally never did any stress bonding with my pair, since the process of "bonding" is already stressful enough. But yes! Unfortunately, you do need to bond every day for at least 4 hours otherwise you'll see setbacks, and you're basically starting from square one when you bond again. Next time when you have the dedication and time to bond your pair, definitely invest in a good set of gardening gloves, or gloves made to capture feral cats. This will help you break up any fights so you and your bunnies won't end up in the ER needing care. The bonding method I used, is starting off with a 2 by 2 feet enclosure. I used C&C grids for easy expansion. So basically 2 grids by 2 grids. Make sure the area is 100% completely neutral to the buns and away from their living areas. If they can see/smell their living areas, they will be more aggressive since they're trying to defend their territory. But also make sure that the neutral space has enough room to eventually get to a 6 by 6 feet enclosure (or however big their final living quarters will be). Once you have that set up, it is important to put both buns in the bonding pen at the exact same time, otherwise they can claim it as their own (make sure there's nothing separating them in the pen either because they can claim sides if you do that - that's probably what happened when you took the screen away in your method). Make sure you have hay covering the entire bottom of the bonding pen and nothing else. No litter box, or toys. This can cause them to be territorial and fight even more. You can use a tarp so your floor doesn't get ruined. That's what I did. It is very very normal for buns to fight in the very beginning. They need to learn to trust each other and the more time they spend with each other, the more trusting they will become. Once you go 3 days without any bad behaviors (bitting, digging each other, boxing, lunging, tornadoes) you can expand by one grid size, so a 2 by 3, and then a 3 by 3, and then to a 3 by 4 and so on until you get to a 6 by 6 and that's when you can add in a litter box. See how they do, and if everything goes well, you can start adding in toys! Before moving them back to their forever home, you need to make sure everything is cleaned and free of their scent. So wash everything and spray everything down with white vinegar/water. Bonding bunnies can be exhausting but it will be 100% worth it in the end. Once they get over that initial hump, fighting will decrease, and you will start to see grooming, cuddling, and them loving each other :) Depending on the pair, it can take anywhere from 4 weeks to a few months to bond successfully. But you should see the fighting and bad behaviors hopefully going down after a week or two weeks. Hope this helps! :)

@@angellover254 thank you so much for taking the time for such a detailed explanation! I really appreciate it. I'm definitely getting those feral cat gloves! I didn't even know they made special gloves like that!

Thank you 🤍

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Maybe give them more room if you can and give them more toys to have more things to call there own? If you can that is.Good luck!

@@ohgod2456Thanks! I’ll definitely try that out

@@ThatAnimalHouse scatter feeding can also help, so they won't fight over food bowls.

@@IIAlexII101 I already do that :) They only fight over hides and anytime the other gets in their personal space (which is often)

@@ThatAnimalHouse lol bc also my boys. Don't mind us. We're just sharing 1 hidey even tho there's more. Shut up we're having a moment

the hay has nothing to do with whether two guinea pigs get along or not... bonding guinea pigs female or male but esp male, it all comes down to personality.

There is a very interesting video on KZfaq named 'Guinea pigs living wild in the garden'. It shows a loooot of guinea pigs (mixed males and females) living peacefully and naturally together. The new babies are born into the community, raised by everyone and learn how to live peacefully together (even in a mixed group). So these guinea pigs never get through a bonding process because they are part of the group from the day they were born. The University of Münster (Germany) published some interesting studies and researches of males who were born and raised inside such large mixed groups. Accordingly to the research their hormones differ from males who only lived in pairs making them more peaceful and less aggressive. The males in these mixed groups also have their favorite females with which they usually stick together but never bother to 'steal' someone else female or fight another male. Domesticated male guinea pigs are often unsocial, because a lot of people purchase 2 or 3 babies and let them grow up without adults which are so important for their proper upbringing. Luckily wild guinea pigs don't have such a thing as humans, who would separate small babies from adults, create unsocial little piggies, put them together with other unsocial piggies and wonder why they won't get along ;)

@@anaph8552 You are a diamond! Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question in so much detail. Very interesting. Thanks again!

@@wylancslass Your welcome! 🌼

All of my custom liners are pre-wicked, my other items are not 🤍

Maybe bonding would go better, or even better, pair with female.

Neutering costs upwards of $500 often in the US, he can’t pay thousands to neuter all his males

Neutering is really expensive

Yes, Morgan, you can bond a neutered male with a group of females. This is often the most successful way with males. But it can be expensive to neuter and of course it comes with the risks of the surgery.

I’m pretty sure it would cost a few thousands for him to neuter all his males… It can also be a bit risky in some cases.

A few thousants? Do they work with diamond tools in his vets place? And tbh, if you have that Manu pigs, you have the responsebility to pay for your animals if needed ofc. A Pig that is alone becouse its too expensive to neuter is not a very good argument in my opinion. And the risk with male pigs is not that big tbh.

@@epicmarbella Idk I don’t live in the US but I heard it costs around $500 to neuter. And while I sorta agree with your statement, nobody would’ve guessed that (almost) all their male bonds would just break all near the same time.. He also did mention on instagram that he’ll be getting Winston and Vision neutered so that’s already a good thing. Plus, they aren’t fully alone, they have bar mates (I think that’s what some people call them). So they can still interact with other guinea pigs they just aren’t in the same cage. And until he can neuter all his males (if that’s his plan) than it’s still ok :)

Well lets hope that he will get all of them a herd next day 👍🏼

I’m wondering the same… it’s really not that difficult a task when done properly. I’ve found most of the Guinea pig vloggers anthropomorphize their cavies to a dangerous level and I think that’s the route of the problem.

and y do u care? are those ur pigs? no .. go bully somewhere else

@@DogsonaQuest for someone that said they aren’t going to be a follower anymore, you sure do take the time to continue to comment lol thought you were leaving?

@@DogsonaQuest anthropomorphize??? what exactly do you mean by that?? Some guinea pigs don't get along, and in the end it all comes down to the guinea pigs personality. Just like people, not everyone will get along. It isn't his fault the bond failed.... I personally would have intervened and stopped it sooner before blood got drawn but thats me...these are his piggys and what he does is his business.

Failed bondings happen all the time… I literally help a rescue and they have failed bondings every week. Just because you aren’t seeing it IRL doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

And you didn't even add any hay!!!!!!!

Omg when he let them do there thing and didn’t interfere Toby ended up covered in blood with a bite/gash also girl what?? 💀he did add hay just not at first. You literally didn’t even watch 😂 you people in the comments are psycho there’s no winning. Either he doesn’t bond right and is letting them get hurt and should interfere more- or interferes too much and should let them go until they draw blood. Like?? I really don’t understand people 🤦🏼‍♀️

@@Koko._.pebbles he is consistently making this same mistake when attempting to bond his males. He has caused increasing amounts of frustration and anxiety in his cavies due to his poor handling of the bonding process and his pigs are suffering for it now.

here comes the experts and their annoying comments 🙄

@@DogsonaQuest lmao, if people wouldn’t bully him into bonding a different way he wouldn’t be doing anything wrong!!!!!!! It’s the “experts” in the comments fault if you ask me. He’s not perfect he will make some mistakes but the asshole people have affected him and he has changed his methods a few times because of them

If every guinea pig owner would go for a harem then there simply won't be enough females left for every male, since the gender quota is 50/50. So a lot of males will end up being alone. That's why male pairs or herds are so important and can work quite well if the owner is experienced with them. Male herds are not uncommon in my country and a lot of rescues and shelters appreciate them because they always end up having more males left than females (which are getting adopted really fast because the majority of owners go indeed for a harem).

He wants boys together because that's what he's into. Nature is different. Hope he learns girls have to be with those boys.

Lots of people have male pairs, not male groups. Austin can’t just shell out thousands of dollars to neuter all his boars. I’ve seen so many rescues, including LAGPR, do male pairs.

​@@autumngrace. But I imagine the people he rescued the boars from didn't give him the boys for free, right? And the food cost of owning so many boars is also a lot. I don't know what it's like in the US or United Kingdom, but in my country the costs are far from a 1000 bucks. Yeah it might cost over 100 to neuter a boar, but it's not THAT much. Yeah, now he has a lot of boars that he would have to neuter and spend a lot more money. But if he got one boar, neutered him and then got him a female, he wouldn't have to spend so much money in one go and a successful bonding would be more likely. I just don't understand why he got a boar, then another, then another etc. Was there a reason for it? I mean, just because you want to rescue a pet doesn't mean you should or have the right friend for them at home. That's why rescues adopt their animals out on "trial". If the bunny doesn't get along with the other one, he needs to be taken back, where they have the chance to find the right friend. And @Anna I suggested a harem cause Austin has a female group. A pair would be the easier solution of course. Then the 50/50 ratio wouldn't be a problem. Like I said my rescues all adopt them out in pairs or with the condition that they get a mate of the opposite sex. It's very rare that two boars are paired up, most likely they were taken in as a pair.

@@minzkaffee2440 it cost over 500 each in the US, so it is that much. also most of his boars used to get along he didn’t adopt them all as singles. so he didn’t get a single boar, then another than another like you’re saying. most of them he adopted as pairs then their bond broke, only a few of his boars were adopted as singles.

My Walmart’s veggies are always wilted, rotting, have mold on them or gnats around them. Sorry for not wanting to feed my pigs spoiled veggies 😂

You dont have be here then? It your choice if you want be here or not. I think Austin does a good job on his videos! Aka people can you buy veggies anywhere it no harm in it. Although some people feel werid buying veggies at certain places for sure I know I did when I had my piggies I used always wonder if this is good for them. So I dont think Austin wrong on anything he says he has good advice. Lot people bond piggies this way

goodbye .. hasta la vista babee 😂😂👉🏼

@@veronicag81 Who were u referring to?

@@anjelporter5988 to the haters not you some reason my comment went to u lol sorry