Tarquin was like "just let me eat man."

I remember when a rescue found a match for my male (Naoki), it was kind of interesting. He is usually super aggressive, but he just immediately started popcorning around when they matched him with Koto. The rescue said it was the fastest bonding they had ever seen. It took a whole 5 seconds for them to start popcorning around together after being put in their introduction space. They've been inseparable ever since. When I get Koto out, he goes crazy and squeaks really loudly until I put her back. It's kind of adorable how close they are.

10:43 how about a "LITTLE" cucumber 😆 lol

Buddha Pigs.. that has to be the sweetest term : ) Love the Buddha Boys!

Tarquin is such a handsome boy! ❤️😍

Pete seems like a Buddha pig, too! He was being very passive with the naughty black & white piggy! Ok and I’m in love with Tarquin. He has the best butt Mohawk ever!

Had a lone weep weep (guinea) I adopted so he wouldn't go to the humane society. We found a lone 6 month male last night and started the bonding. Im so grateful for this video. I dont speak guinea so everything seemed so scary and I just wanted to cuddle them but refrained. Turns out their behavior is normal.

The way Matteu is walking around like a K1 fighter . Where is the fight I the biggest pig .

That big furry one is gorgeous

I love watching and listening to them. Amazing but I kept thinking of that phrase "Bros before ho's"

I worked in pet stores growing up and the guinea pigs were always my favorite. It was my first pet at around 8 years old. So fast forward to when I was 21 and my roommate and I both manage pet stores and our house looked like a zoo. 2 ferrets, 3 dogs, red bellie piranha tank, geickos, anoles, ball python, albino red tail boa and probably 4 other fish tanks. At one time we had around 15 guinea pigs and it was awesome. Now my gf has never handled or known anything about GP's, so I take her to the local shelter and she falls in love instantly. We end up taking home a 2 yr old female that was probably the smartest GP I've ever seen. We named her snickers because of her coloring. Had her doing tricks for treats in a few days. She was awesome. So after about a year I see there's a 3 month old female at the shelter, so we decide to go get her a friend and name her Izzy. Snickers is an American and the baby was an abyssinian. We do the typical introduction like you're doing in a neutral area. Things go OK, snickers basically doesn't care really, just doesn't want to be bothered, and obviously the youngster has quit a bit more energy, but they seem fairly ok together, no teeth chattering or showing teeth, just rumble strutting and some "I'm annoyed" sounds when snickers had enough, and the baby would back off when she got "the look." forward about 3 months, I cannot tell you how massive this Izzy got in that time. She was able to stretch out and touch the top of the C&C grid with ease. She was at least 3 times the size of snickers and became absolutely relentless chasing her and rumble strutting, mounting her etc. I cannot overstate her level of dominance enough. She didn't sleep barely ate, just 24/7 chase. After a few days snickers was fed up and it became violent, teeth showing, squabbles and urine spraying/marking constantly. So I put a divider in, Izzy just continued walking back and forth at the C&C divider, trying to dig under it, chew through it, climb over it, whatever she could trying to get to snickers. So I put a solid divider by covering the C&C with Coloplast. STILL didn't matter. Hee behavior ensued nonstop, 24/7. We ended up having to put her in a completely different room to get her to stop, and eventually adopted her to a family friends daughter as a Christmas present. I have never in my life, I'm 46 now, seen a GP act that obsessed and aggressive in my life, and I've probably own 20+ over the years. Have you seen or heard of this, where after a certain amount of time together, one will turn on the other? Or do you think they were able to tolerate each other just because Izzy wasn't mature enough yet???

i really wish i lived around there, i miss my pig and would love to adopt these babies! :(

Tarquin has a mohalk...awe🤗

I have a herd of 13 sows. So interesting to see the differences between boys and girls.

I'm not gonna lie. I was really entertained with this video. Especially when you gave the narrative of whats happening. It really helped me understand guinea pigs a lot more. Do you have female bonding vids?

Omg you're the piggy whisperer

12:20 : “So I have learned. I’ve done that twice before. It’s *NOT* fun.” Heh heh 😅

I am really happy that you give as advices about bonding, health and food. I just bonded two girl guinea pigs, thank to you. Love from Serbia❣️❣️

Thank you for all the work you do to help Guinea pigs. You're definitely making the world a better place.

I turn to Saskia for all of my Guinea Pig questions and answers and care instructions. We are loving the Guinea pig life. Thank you so much for teaching us all we know about piggies!!

You're a very pretty lady :) it makes me soo happy to know that there are kind people such as yourself in the world with the hands on approach with no qualm. Bless you and I hope you continue as you have been.

Another amazing video love it and we love you Saskia thank you for sharing ❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you so much for this great video. I rescued some new boys last night and worked on bonding. So glad I watched this to know what the noises and behaviors they make so I could determine it was not a match!

Great bonding video Saskia! I’m mum to 16 rescued boars. I’ve learnt a lot from your videos.

Thanks Saskia. This was a very good video.

Always with great videos! I'd like to see how aggressive girls do when the bonding doesn't work and when it works. Thank you for the tips and to share your experience about guinea pigs :D

Brilliant video. So informative and interesting. Thank you! X

You look beautiful today Saskia

Saskia: how bout a lil cucumber GuineaPoppas (piggies lol): 0.0

I miss my piggies. I have had 23 piggies in my adult life. I miss having them so much. They all went to piggy heaven. From babies to old age. I would go to the store and the checkers would comment on how healthy I ate and I would let them know that it was piggy food. I spent more on them than myself. They are the most amazing little pets. RIP babies

My boys when they were first introduced in the same cage (they were sitting in cages beside each other for a few weeks) my older boy rumble strutted for a bit, and that was it. No humping at all, just rumble strutting from the older boy and the younger boy just squeaked~

I Love Guinea Pigs Soooooo Much!!

Pete is cute. Almost looks like a football! :-)

Getting ready to find my boar a buddy after losing his cage mate a couple weeks ago. I had to separate them permanently because Cisco was really aggressive with Wynn and kept him away from the food. Then Cisco died from a sudden case of bloat and now we get a chance to start over. There aren't any shelters in my area that do pairings, so we are going to see what we get with a quick introduction and then some bonding at home. This video is an excellent reminder of what to expect. Wish me luck!

I’m so grateful the Ranch and the piggies are ok! Bless you Saskia! 🙏🏼❤️🕊

Dude I love watching these bonding videos. I’d love some more

I think what you do is wonderful

Saskia your makeup is always ON POINT!

LOL, Pete's a speed demon! He slipping out of the humping very well. Man he's running circles around the other pig, Pete knows how to thread the needle.

Great information!

💓 love watching this

No wonder you have 32k+ subscribers! You are the best of the best, Saskia. I will continue to set the bar at your knowledge and experience with my Guinea Pig FB page, Potatoes With Legs. I use yours and Scott’s videos to back up the advice I give, and I know there’s a good chance the advice will be followed.

Fascinating as always! I was hoping for another pair or two, I really enjoy your videos. ;-) It's very interesting how well you can read their personalities and have picked some good pairs. I would have chickened out and put Pete and Tarquin together because both were so chill.

Such a great video, so happy the for 2nd bonded pair, rough start! You're so calm with this, it's amazing. Skinnypigs1 posted a new video of Annalise and Annabelle, for the moment still not bonded. But Abby did great! She could probably do with afew more friendly comments 🤗😘🐹❤🐹❤🐹❤

Cucumber and two piglets - sounds like a love comedy.

mine used to be really chill with the sound of the vacuum

The black one looks like it's also trying to walk on it's tippy toes. Like he's trying to puff himself up.

14:17 is like when I tried to bond my 2. Still may try in the future

My boys Milo and Jasper have a wonderful bond. Jasper is energetic curious pig while Milo is a chill and cuddle guinea pig. They never fight, Jasper is always tempting Milo to play while Milo just grooms him. Could 't ask for any better pigs!!!

Thank you for the bonding video! So informative and poignant. Guinea Pigs are such good souls but also, like us, ruled by hormones and instinct. They can seem ready to nip and then turn around and start nibbling on a cucumber...

3:45 I was hoping the mostly white one and the pillow looking one would bond quickly.

Piet en Matthieu talkative they are no friends😱😱💔nice try Ik leer hier enorm van dankjewel😘😘😘👌👍 Volhouder zeg heel erg bedankt

Johna, the little hormonal fluffball, gorgeous Tarquin, darling Pete and pretty bully Machu (or what his name is spelled like)! I hope you all find homes

I was lucky that my guinea pigs bonded immediately after meeting

Bonding videos are the new David Attenborough documentaries

The cucumber completely broke up that fight.

Couple of vrienden Buddha cavia's en than the sounds😂🤣😘😘😘😘😘😘😘👍🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

These bonding videos are really interesting. Tarquin is so cute! I love abby pigs, most of my pigs have been abbys. Why would two pigs in a herd suddenly become unbonded? Or start fighting?

My boy Timothy is very aggressive. He doesn’t get along with anyone.

Saskia I have 2 boys one about 1 yr older than the other , put together the younger juvenile is too aggressive but living side by side in separate cages they do just fine & even lay right next to each other through the cage & they are only 1 inch away from each other but get in fights trying to bond them.

I have a rabbit. Why am i so interested in this?

😊👍

Saskia, you look positively stunning today.Did you get a new camera? The quality was fantastic. Love your bonding videos

Every time my dogs bark my piggy will rumble and run up to the front like hey what's going on and he stands there paws up as soon as the bark again he looks around trying to see what's going on like who's here if someone walks in he starts weaking like hey I'm here too

I have 4 boars all cohabiting well

🤔 My pigs deffo yawn.. When they are lying down and falling asleep.

I didn't even know piggies would snort.

Love bonding videos! Thanks so much for sharing this. Are there female Buddha piggies? I swear I have one like that. She just doesn't care who she is placed with, she does her own thing. She will make that "I am annoyed noise" if they come too close, but then goes own to do her thing. I have a question though, after they have been bonded for some months, can you separate them when taking one of them to the vet? I heard stories of people separating for vet visits and when the piggies get back together is if they are going through all that bonding process again. What would you suggest? I am afraid of separating them because of that and always take all three with me to vet visits. Thanks!

I really love your bonding vids, can't get enough watching it 👍I have 1 Boy and 5 Girls, what would happen if i put another Boy into their cage ? Oh... and greetings to my name sister Ursula 🙋‍♀️ my second Name is Ursula as well 🙂I never heard this Name in the USA she must have a relative from Europe ?

Hi Thank you so much for this, this is very interesting! I'm curious about the head bobbing at 15:22, is that another dominant behavior? The black one is totally strutting his stuff! I've never owned piggies, looking to foster and adopt in the future, so I'm taking notes!

The black one is a copy of my female (Yuki)🥺 same „L“ in the face and the same stripe on the side🥺

I think I agree the friendly one is hyper but will sit with me or my husband and will sit for a pat and a cuddle squawking the whole time,leaving packages ,or pee but she is getting better...

when fence is used for bonding cant piggys smell past males on it but also these last 2 can smell other 2 on cloth can see they are smelling them

Hello, I have some questions. On 15:58 (or about that time) doesn't black and white guinea pig want to eat ant try to reach herbs and cucumber? I am really curious about that part. Secondly, about divider, I am not questioning your experience, but when two guinea pigs are living separate, "talking" with one another, couldn't they fell more comfortable with each other i one space? I saw this advise really often, while doing research about my two boys. Third, is it easier to bond two plus one guinea pig, than one plus one? Also, you guys are awesome. You inspired me to think about such kind of rescue in my country. Thank you.

sushi was in your last bonding video and yes at start he was more aggressive humping but he ended up ok

Hi saskia 👋 how do I bond female guinea pigs? I have 3 girls, 2 of them already live together perfectly but I don’t know how to get the 3rd girl to live with the other two because when I tried bonding them they’d constantly fight

I wish I could have someone else bond my guinea pigs. I’m just to nervous 😬

this really helped me, pretty much my two piggies started off like petey and the other black piggie, and they eventually settled down ( they are kinda like an old couple rn, sometimes having their moments of teeth chattering but boys are gonna be boys )

So I know this is an older video, but I’m finding it helpful. I have a 4 month old boar and I want to get him a friend. Would it be better to get a guinea similar in age?

What should you do if you have 3 guinea pigs but to don’t get along at night but during the day there fine

Hallo liebe Saskia, sorry wenn ich in deutsch schreibe... ich finde es absolut toll was ihr da in Los Angeles macht. Ich habe selbst 7 Meerschweinchen, 2 kastrierte Männchen und 5 Weibchen. 4 sind aus einer Notstation, drei sind bei mir geboren worden. Meine Frage ist, warum werden so viele Meerschweinchen bei dir einzeln gehalten. Sind sie krank und dies ist die Krankenstation? Oder wie ist das mit den Schweinchen dort hinten. Ich bin sehr glücklich, das ihr das nahe Feuer so gut überstanden habt. Lieben Gruss aus Düsseldorf

ooohhhh i was the one to tick the likes over to 1k i feel so honoured :D

I'm trying to bond my 2 boys but they keep on biting each other mouths (no food was involved) help?!

I have a 9 month old male guinea pig and just recently got a baby boy guinea pig and was hoping to make them into a bonded pair. I don't know how old the baby pig is but he is about 1/3 the size of my older guinea pig. When I first introduced them my older guinea pig was very vocal and was smelling and humping the baby and he didn't like it. I'm currently keeping them in separate cages but I was curious if that behavior is normal and what to do.

I have two boys One is about 4years old and the other is 2years. They were fine for a year together but all of a sudden they’ve been fighting to the point of drawing blood. I’ve separated them and I have tried to reintroduce them but twice it has ended with one having bite marks on his butt. Should I just stop trying to get them to bond again? Or is there hope?

My male bonded pair had to be separated after a year and a half: Cadbury is getting older and a bit frail and his younger sib Zebbi needed his sassy space. They can still talk and nose against their C&C barrier tho, all's well

Just a question, what does that purring noise mean? My dominant boy sometimes just purrs and the non-dominant goes and hides. I don’t really know what this means

Can Guinea Pigs show their teeth when relaxed? I've seen mine 'yawn' many times then settle down to sleep in their cosy area.

I looked on your Amazon site but didn't see the CBD ointment you put on those little piggie ears. Can you please tell me if you purchase it online and where? Thanks much!

Hi Saskia I have a question if you can help , my two males guinea, Oreo and ressie, are you doing around a year there back legs are red is this normal.

I have 4 male guinea pigs. I originally got 2 and then went back for one that was by himself (I got them at petsmart and now they live in big C&C cages.) The two original piggies have a tight knit bond, and then I introduced the boss pig. He displays a lot of dominant behaviors, but the other piggies do not seem to mind him too much and they even chase him too. I got nervous when I read online that 3 male pigs don't usually end well and that you risk losing the bond between the pigs and ending up with 3 single pigs. So I got a 4th pig so I can keep them in pairs instead. Have I made a mistake in separating them when they were all getting along well? Is it recommended to have floor time with all of them once a day and then they go back to their cages? I just worry that they will miss each other and lose their bond. Your feedback would be much appreciated.

Hi, I hv two male Guinea pigs. I got them 3 weeks they are still humping on each other. Can I know why? Will they overcome through that?

Hi Saskia, you said guinea pigs don't yawn but I have seen my girls a few times stretch out and do a big yawn when laying down?

I’m sorry but Tarquin looks like a Chewbacca if you ask me

I would be more confident that the first match will stick long term. That said, you never really know for sure.

Hi Saskia , is a Buddha Boy a Saskia term, or is that phrase common in the Guinea Pig World? Thank You, have a great Day 😇🥰💕💗

My piggies were fighting, both male and I’m going to wait a month of them living in separate side-by-side cages does that work or should I wait longer

my two boys are bonded at birth. After I had them for about a year they started doing the circles then one of them nipped the others ear and drew blood. I separated them while they could still see each other. they were like this for 3 months and I would do sessions in a neutral enviourment once a week until they acted not aggressive towards each other. I put them back together and they have been best buds ever since :). Now i want to get another pair and maybe bond the two together but I dont know if I can lol, any tips?

Saskia I have two girls and they eat together but they ignore each other when they are not eating and the boss will chase the non dominant one out of houses,there are two.Whats your diagnosis?