New to guinea pigs should I introduce a companion

Saramichelle · Mar 29, 2017

Hi there! I recently became the owner of what I was told was a 5 year old female guinea. Previous owner did not want it anymore after 5 years so we adopted it. Introduced it to a young female companion and then quickly realized our 5 year old girl was actually a BOY. So now he is alone as he was with previous owner. I really would like for him to have a companion. Should i try to introduce him to another male after 5 years of him being alone and the stress of being in a new home. Any and all suggestions so welcome. Please help. I have studied introductions and am terrified for bloodshed.

Karleen Garcia · Mar 29, 2017

Well you can have him neutered. I hear for boars it's a bit easier on them than females

Or if a males is what you go for, try having them in a separate cage and for intros do it on neutral grounds. I've seen a lot of people advice this.

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Beatrix187 · Mar 29, 2017

Hello and welcome!
I wouldn't recommend neutering a fiver year old piggy, it would be a lot of stress since he is older and most boars are neutered much earlier. If your getting another guinea pig you will need to quarantine him anyway, so I think that your piggy will be okay. And its almost never too late to introduce a new piggy

I would recommend getting a younger, less than six month old boar. Those pairs seem to work better than say, two 5 year old boars.

bpatters · Mar 29, 2017

I don't think the age of the new pig will matter much, it has a lot to do with personality. If I were you, I'd find a rescue near me that would let me bring my pig in and let him pick his own buddy. It's not 100% guaranteed that they'll get along when you get them home, but it raises the odds of success greatly.

The other possibility is to find a very young pup, just separated from his mom, and let your current pig be the nanny boar. That also often works well. But I wouldn't take a young pig who's in the big middle of puberty -- he might make life very unpleasant for your older guy.

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