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​@@Taylors-version-editZXx I agree 😊

I have a question, what happens if your guinea pig doesn’t want your food and is very picky? Because I gave him a lot of food when we had first adopted him?

@@Van321CATarts Depends on what you mean by 'a lot of food' they should have plenty of hay available all the time, 1/8 of a cup of pellets per Piggie per day and 1 cup or less of veggies per day, when you 1st get a Guinea Pig especially a younger 1 with little or no good experience with people they may not eat many pellets or veggies but should be eating hay

@@candy11401 yes but my guinea pig only wants vegetables but when we give him hay and vegetables he doesn’t want it

Thanks so much for this and the video idea - I'll definitely follow it up, I hadn't thought of this even though I do get asked a lot of questions about what to do when going away etc! 😊

Thank you for the tip Marianne! Definitely a useful one for new owners 😊

Thank you!😀

You are very welcome! 🥰

Yay! Thank you for asking the question 😄

What?

Thanks so much 🥰

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Thank you! 😊

Thank you for the super thanks! 🥰😃

Yes, great advice! When I was researching single guinea pigs I found that there had been studies that showed isolated piggies are stressed, whilst pigs who can see and hear other piggies are as calm/relaxed as guinea pigs that are actually living with their companions in the same enclosure 😊

Aww, poor things 😔 how can you get bored of these little fur babies ❤️😖

Totally agree!

Thanks for sharing that recommendation 😃

Yes, introductions should be on neutral ground (like a playpen), with a few accessories out, but nothing where a piggie could get trapped inside by another pig. You can use a big pile of hay to distract them, and offer fresh food once things calm down a bit. Introducing an adult to other adults can be tricky sometimes, try not to intervene unless they actually start fighting properly (let them do all the other behaviours as they are testing each other). If you are getting a baby, you should have no problems 😊

Romaine lettuce is great too feed everyday, spinach unfortunately shouldn’t be fed everyday though due to its high calcium levels! You can feed it 3-4 times a week in small amounts though ❤ My Guinea pigs get romaine lettuce, coriander, bell pepper, kale and cucumber every day! Some good leafy greens to feed include: romaine lettuce, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, coriander, kale and other herbs such as parsley!

@@Libbys-piggies Thank you so so much. Very helpful!

@@user-uc7uq2wq2y no problem!! Ask any questions needed 🫶🏼

I clean when they're having floor time

Yarn is fine to put in their cage normally! Depends on the piggies personality though but usually Guinea pigs don’t like to chew fleece based things! Make sure the holes in it aren’t big enough to get the piggies feet stuck though!! ❤ feel free to ask any questions, I’ve got 4 piggies of my own!

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Yes I can look into it and see if I find much researching about it - it's definitely a bit of an odd behaviour!

Thank you so so much! Everything they do is normal except this, so that's why I'm so baffled

mine just needed a bigger cage with two hay piles and water bottles on opposite sides. When the bullying pig starts up, I give her 30 min floor time by herself so she can have a break from her cagemate and run about a little. then she's ready to go back and be nice

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It completely depends on how aggressive they get, if it’s just small amounts of chasing, mounting etc then it should be fine! However if it’s constant chasing, loud squeaks and teeth chattering maybe try a larger cage or putting multiple of each accessory in the cage so they don’t argue over anything!

You are another of the very few examples I've heard of groups of more than two boars living together - do you have a very large set up for them and did you bond them when they were young or adults? All at once or in groups of two vs two? I would love to know more as it is quite unheard of. I am going off the lack of successful examples out there and the multiple threads in comments and forum of people (speaking from own experience, not just repeating others), that boars of more than two result in fights. I also have periodically looked at guinea pigs up for adoption at almost every rescue in the UK and have never come across a group of 3 or more boars.

@@SqueakDreams My cage is a 6x3 c&c cage, and I have multiple beds, bowls, water bottles and two hay areas- I think if you have less things to argue over then you're more likely to be successful. I have two boys that I adopted from pets at home nearly two years ago- they were both a few months old but they weren't bonded yet so I had them in neighbouring cages for a couple of weeks. I had an adult boar who was left alone after two sudden deaths, once the two little ones were introduced I introduced them to the adult. Them being young, and him being a very sweet timid boy definitely helped. Unfortunately, he died a couple of months after meeting his new baby brothers. I had only had him for a few months, but he had been neglected before being adopted. I adopted two 3 month old boys in November, they were in a Midwest cage in the lounge for a week to settle in at first. I split my main cage in half, and had both pairs of pigs side by side for a couple of weeks to get to know each other. I sacrificed my lounge for the next part, I covered the carpet in loads of fleece and made a giant cage with loads of grids. All four of them were put into it, and then as things were going well I gradually added their things in. They lived like that for about a week, and then moved into the main cage, and they've been best friends ever since. Introducing boars does take time, patience and experience but once they're together their group dynamic becomes so sweet to watch as each of them has a different relationship with the others. Most of the new pigs have been young (6 months or less) which definitely helps. I did have one new boy that was 2 but he was the very timid one I mentioned earlier. I find that having them side by side really helps, they can sniff each other and you can also swap which side they are on. Buddy baths also help, they smell the same and are often too focused on hating the bath to notice a new boy. And being outside of their cage in a neutral area. I've seen a lot of videos where two adult boys are just put in a pen together and they find it hard to find a match. I've never had a failed match, but they've always typically had 2-4 weeks to get to know each other.

I also have three boars living together. Two skinny brothers and one older american. I noticed that people don't normally provide a large enough cage for the three boys. I have a 3×6, two water bottles, and I use blankets to cover up the corners for hides. I also noticed that with my pigs personally that I didn't have a big enough litterbox at first, so that caused some "fighting".

6x3 is that feet, yards, metres?

@@watcher24601 it's a c&c cage- people tend to describe them by how many panels long and how many wide it is. I think a panel is around 35cm.

She is an Abyssinian crossbreed, she has rosettes, but her hair is a bit wiry so I think she has some rex/teddy in her!

@@SqueakDreams okay thanks, I love her coloring

I relate too that😂😅